The Korean War: No Victors, No Vanquished
The Korean War broke out almost 50 years ago, an unpleasant surprise to the American people and the occasion of a good deal of criticism of the American military. Chinese and Russian documents recently made public have shed new light on battlefield decisions. Benefiting from this newly declassified material as well as established sources, Sandler offers a timely new look at the war. A historian for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command and the editor of The Korean War: An Encyclopedia (LJ 2/1/96) and Segregated Skies: The All-Black USAAF Units of World War II (LJ 6/1/92), Sandler concentrates on a chronological narrative of the flow of events but rather confusingly intersperses several chapters on special facets such as the air war and the home fronts. Still, with its up-to-date information and extensive bibliography, this book is highly recommended as a supplement to subject collections.AEdwin B. Burgess, U.S. Army Combined Arms Research Lib., Fort Leavenworth, KSCopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.