Scorched Earth, Black Snow: Britain and Australia in the Korean War, 1950 - Couverture souple

Salmon, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845137752 ISBN 13 : 9781845137755

Editeur : Aurum, 2012

Synopsis

The first year of the Korean War was a tumultuous series of epic battles, ending in a legendary and harrowing retreat.

In the summer of 1950, British and Australian troops were dispatched to fight with UN forces in the savage struggle against communism in Korea.

After both triumph and tragedy while breaking out of the “ Pusan Perimeter,” 27th Brigade – the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Middlesex battalions, soon joined by the Royal Australians – spearheaded the UN drive north. After a spectacular series of battles, victory beckoned. 27th Brigade was halted to allow the Americans the glory of reaching the Chinese border.

But across the rugged border, in a shock counter-offensive, China stormed south. In a desperate action, 27th Brigade fought its way out of the trap, to join the UN Command on a harrowing, 200-mile ‘ bug out.” And across the peninsula, surrounded by eight enemy divisions in terrain higher than Cassino and temperatures colder than Stalingrad, 41 Commando fought alongside US Marines at Chosin Reservoir – ‘ Hellfire Valley’ , the most nightmarish battle fought by American or British troops in living memory - and escaped annihilation by a hair’ s breadth.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Journalist Andrew Salmon covers the Koreas for Forbes, The South China Morning Post, The Times and The Washington Times. Educated at Elizabeth College Guernsey, the University of Kent and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, he is the author of business history American Business and the Korean Miracle and two books about the Korean War. The first, To the Last Round: The Epic British Stand on the Imjin River, Korea, 1951, was the unanimous winner of the Hampshire Libraries/Osprey Publishing €˜Best Military Book of 2009' award. In 2010, he was honoured at Seoul's National Assembly with a €˜Korean Wave' award for his contribution to the literature of the Korean War. He lives in Seoul with wife Ji-young and daughter Hannah.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aurum
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845137752
• ISBN 13: 9781845137755
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
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• Personne responsable: non disponible