Battle for Korea
Subtitle: A History of the Korean Conflict
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: April 29, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780306812446
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; War & defence operations; Military History - Korea Conflict; History; History - Military / War; History: World; Korea; USA; Military - Korean War
First sentence: It was 4 a.m. on June 25, 1950, a rainy Sunday morning at the beginning of the monsoon season when North Korea's artillery barrels flung shells and flame across a man-made dividing line called the 38th parallel.