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  • The Mistaken History of the Korean War
    Paul M. Edwards
    Much of the history of the Korean War has been misinterpreted or obscured. Intense propaganda and limited press coverage during the war, coupled with vague objectives and an incomplete victory, resulted in a popular narrative of partial truth and factual omission. Battlefield stories--essentially true but often missing significant data--added an element of myth. Drawing on a...
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    42,97 €

  • World War I on Film
    Paul M. Edwards
    One of the central events of modern history, World War I has been poorly presented in English language films. Torn between the powerful isolationist movement in the U.S. and a growing hatred of the 'Hun,' contemporary films were mainly propaganda calling citizens to arms. The American film industry used the outbreak of the war and the government’s interest in promoting patri...
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    57,30 €

  • United Nations Participants in the Korean War
    Paul M. Edwards
    When in 1950 the United Nations called upon its members to provide aid to South Korea, more than forty nations responded. Some of these sent troops which fought under the United Nations Command, some sent commodities and medical supplies. Some nations offered moral and political support but for a variety of reasons were not able to send aid. This book looks at the nations in...
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    57,46 €

  • Between the Lines of World War II
    Paul M. Edwards
    This is a collection of 21 accounts of people and events that illuminate the strange adventures, mysterious circumstances, extreme behaviors and forgotten tragedies of World War II. Ranging from a look at Adolf Hitler’s 'children factory,' to the smuggling of gold bullion from the besieged island of Corregidor, to those who flew with the Chinese Air Force against Japan years...
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    42,84 €

  • Historical Dictionary of the Korean War
    Paul M Edwards / Paul M. Edwards / Paul MEdwards
    This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Korean War offers a clear and concise, but inclusive, account of the major events, operations, and individuals involved in the Korean War. It covers the war in terms of people, places, events, and analysis, as well as carefully collected statistical and factual information about units, commanders, and casualties, for both the ...
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    220,38 €

  • Combat Operations of the Korean War
    Paul M. Edwards
    This reference work provides information on all known military operations carried out under United Nations command as part of the Korean War, from June 1950 through 22 July 1954. Following an introductory history of the Korean War and a precise chronology of all Korean War operations, entries are arranged by operation name in five sections: primarily ground operations, pri...
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    58,46 €

  • Small United States and United Nations Warships in the Korean War
    Paul M. Edwards
    From rubber landing boats to picket boats to minesweepers, smaller support vessels did much of the work of the Korean War, and endured many of the dangers and hardships. Rarely mentioned in histories of the war, they served functions essential to keeping the United States Navy and the United Nations partners in active duty. This volume delivers an overview of the various ...
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    58,67 €

  • The Hill Wars of the Korean Conflict
    Paul M. Edwards
    In many respects, all wars are alike. All soldiers compete for position and mobility; all forces struggle for the larger territory, the greater power. Yet each war has as well its distinguishing characteristics--its unique features, its most-remembered events, its particular frustrations that haunt the dreams of its veterans. In Korea, it was the hills. The Korean hills o...
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    73,32 €

  • to Z of the Korean War
    Paul M. Edwards / Paul MEdwards
    The Korean War was the first pitched battle between the communist forces and a coalition of the United Nations. While it was not the last such war in Asia, it did stem the tide in East Asia and permitted South Korea to prosper while North Korea decayed. Dictionary entries summarize the significance of the persons, places, organizations, military operations, battles, weaponry, a...
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    63,65 €

  • To Acknowledge a War
    Paul M. Edwards / Paul MEdwards
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    122,05 €

  • The Korean War
    Paul M. Edwards / Paul MEdwards
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    105,67 €

  • The Pusan Perimeter, Korea, 1950
    Paul M. Edwards / Paul MEdwards
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    55,44 €