Korean War: a reading list

VFW Magazine, June-July, 2003

Air Force, U.S.

Bruning, John R. Crimson Sky: The Air
Battle for Korea. Dulles, Va:
Brassey's, 1999.

Futrell, Robert F. The U.S. Air Force in
Korea, 1950-53. Washington, D.C.:
Office of Air Force History, 1983.

Jackson, Robert. Air War Korea 1950-1953.
Osceola, Wis.: Motorbooks
International, 1998.

Sherwood, John Darrell. Officers in
Flight Suits: The Story of American
Air Force Pilots in the Korean War.
N.Y.: New York Univ. Press, 1996.

Army, U.S.

Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong,
North to the Yalu. Washington, D.C.:
Office of the Chief of Military
History, 1961.

Hermes, Walter. Truce Tent & Fighting
Front. Washington, D.C.: Office of
the Chief of Military History, 1966.

Mossman, Billy C. Ebb & Flow:
November 1950-July 1951.
Washington, D.C.: Center of Military
History, 1990.

Spiroff, Boris R. Korea: Frozen Hell On
Earth. N.Y.: Vantage Press, 1995.

Atrocities, Communist

Chinnery, Philip D. Korean Atrocity!
Forgotten War Crimes, 1950-1953.
Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute
Press, 2000.

Chinese Intervention

Appleman, Roy E. Disaster in Korea:
The Chinese Confront MacArthur.
College Station: Texas A&M
University Press, 1989.

Hoyt, Edwin P. The Day the Chinese
Attacked. N.Y.: Paragon House, 1990.

Roe, Patrick C. The Dragon Strikes:
China and the Korean War, June-December
1950. Novato, Calif.:
Presidio Press, 2000.

Spurr, Russell. Enter the Dragon:
China's Undeclared War Against the
U.S. in Korea, 1950-51. N.Y.:
Newmarket Press, 1988.

Chipyong-ni, Battle

Hamburger, Kenneth E. Leadership in
the Crucible: The Korean War Battles
of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-ni.
College Station: Texas A&M
University Press, 2003.

Chosin Reservoir, Battle

Appleman, Roy E. Escaping the Trap.
College Station: Texas A&M
University Press, 1990.

Hammel, Eric. Chosin: Heroic Ordeal of
the Korean War. Navato, Calif.:
Presidio Press, 1981.

Hopkins, William B. One Bugle, No
Drums. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin
Books of Chapel Hill, 1986.

Russ, Martin. Breakout: The Chosin
Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950.
N.Y.: Fromm International, 1999.

Wilson, Jim. Retreat Hell: We're Just
Attacking in Another Direction. N.Y.:
William Morrow & Co., 1988.

Enemy

Bermudez, Jr., Joseph. North Korean
Special Forces. Annapolis, Md.: Naval
Institute Press, 1998.

Mahoney, Kevin. Formidable Enemies.
Navato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 2001.

General Histories

Blair, Clay. The Forgotten War: America
in Korea, 1950-53. N.Y.: Times
Books, 1987.

Duncan, David Douglas. This is War:
A Photo Narrative of the Korean War.
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1951.

Dvorchak, Robert J. Battle For Korea:
The Associated Press History of the
Korean Conflict. Conshohocken, Pa.:
Combined Books, Inc., 1993.

Edwards, Paul M. The Korean War: A
Historical Dictionary. Lanham, Md.:
Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Fehrenbach, T.R. This Kind of War: The
Classic Korean War History. Dulles,
Va.: Brassey's, 1994.

Giangreco, D.M. War in Korea, 1950-1953.
Novato, Calif.: Presidio, 1990.

Goldstein, Donald M. and Harry J.
Maihafer. The Korean War: The Story
and Photography. Dulles, Va.:
Brassey's, 2000.

Hickey, Michael. The Korean War: The
West Confronts Communism. N.Y.:
Overlook Press, 1999.

Hoyt, Edwin P. On to the Yalu. N.Y.:
Military Heritage Press, 1985.

Hoyt, Edwin P. The Bloody Road to
Panmunjom. N.Y.: Stein & Day, 1984.

Miller, John, et al. Korea: 1951-53.
Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief
of Military History, 1972.

Paschall, Rod. Witness to War in Korea.
N.Y.: The Berkley Pub. Group, 1995.

Pratt, Sherman W. Decisive Battles of
the Korean War. N.Y.: Vantage Press,
1992.

Sandler, Stanley. The Korean War: No
Victors, No Vanquished. Lexington:
Univ. Press of Kentucky, 1999.

Stanton, Shelby. America's Tenth
Legion: X Corps in Korea 1950.
Novato, Calif.: Presidio Press, 1989.

Stokesbury, James L. A Short History of
the Korean War. N.Y.: William
Morrow & Co., 1988.

Thomas, Nigel and Peter Abbott. The
Korean War, 1950-53. London:
Osprey Publishing Ltd., 1986.

Toland, John. In Mortal Combat: Korea,
1950-53. N.Y.: William Morrow &
Company, 1991.

Tomedi, Rudy. No Bugles, No Drums:
An Oral History of the Korean War.
N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, 1993.

Heartbreak Ridge, Battle

Hinshaw, Arned L. Heartbreak Ridge:
Korea, 1951. N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1989.

Inchon Landing

Clark, Eugene F. The Secrets of Inchon.
N.Y.: Berkley Pub. Group, 2002.

Langley, Michael. Inchon Landing:
MacArthur's Last Triumph. N.Y.:
Times Books, 1979.

Koje Island (POW Revolt)

Vetter, Hal. Mutiny at Koje Island.
Rutland, Vt.: C.E. Turtle Co., 1965.

MacArthur, Gen. Douglas

Higgins, Trumbull. Korea and the Fall of
MacArthur. N.Y.: Oxford University
Press, 1960.

Smith, Robert. MacArthur in Korea: The
Naked Emperor. N.Y.: Simon &
Schuster, 1982.

Weintraub, Stanley. MacArthur's War:
Korea and the Undoing of an American
Hero. N.Y.: Touchstone Books, 2001.

Marines, U.S.

Ballenger, Lee. The Outpost War: U.S.
Marines in Korea, Vol. I: 1952.
Dulles, Va.: Brassey's, 2000.

Ballenger, Lee. The Final Crucible: U.S.
Marines in Korea, Vol. 2: 1953.
Dulles, Va.: Brassey's, 2001.

Berry, Henry. Hey, Mac, Where Ya Been?
N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1988.

Brady, James. The Coldest War. N.Y.:
Pocket Books, 1990.

National Guard

Berebitsky, William. A Very Long
Weekend: The Army National Guard
in Korea, 1950-53. Shippensburg, Pa.:
White Mane Publishing, 1996.

Donnelly, William M. Under Army
Orders: The Army National Guard
During the Korean War. College
Station, Texas: Texas A&M Univ.
Press, 2001.

Navy, U.S.

Cagle, Malcolm W. & Frank A. Manson.
The Sea War in Korea. Annapolis,
Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1957.

Hallion, Richard P. The Naval Air War in
Korea. Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation
Pub. Co., 1986.

Karig, Walter. Battle Report: The War in
Korea. N.Y.: Rinehart & Co., 1952.

Landsdown, John R.P. With the Carriers
in Korea: The Fleet Air Arm Story,
1950-1953. Specialty, 1997.

No Gun Ri

Bateman, Robert. L. No Gun Ri: A
Military History of the Korean War
Incident. Mechanicsburg, Pa.:
Stackpole Books, 2002.

Pork Chop Hill, Battle

Marshall, S.L.A. Pork Chop Hill. N.Y.:
Berkley Books, June 2000 (Paper).

McWilliams, Bill. On Hallowed Ground:
The Last Battle for Pork Chop Hill.
Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press,
2003.

Prisoners of War

Biderman, Albert. March to Calumny:
The Story of American POWs in the
Korean War. N.Y.: Macmillan, 1963.

Carlson, Lewis H. Remembered Prisoners
of a Forgotten War: An Oral History of
Korean War POWs. N.Y.: St. Martin's
Press, 2002.

Lech, Raymond B. Broken Soldiers.
Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 2000.

Maher, William J. A Shepherd in Combat
Boots: Chaplain Emil Kapaun of the
1st Cavalry Division. Shippensburg,
Pa.: Burd Street Press, 1997.

Rowley, Arden A. U.S. Korean War
POWs: From Calumny to Vindication.
Mesa, Ariz.: Privately Published, 2002.

Spiller, Harry. American POWs in Korea:
Sixteen Personal Accounts. Jefferson,
N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1998.

Pusan Perimeter, Battle

Hoyt, Edwin. The Pusan Perimeter.
N.Y.: Stein & Day, 1984.

References, General

Benson, Sonia. Korean War: Almanac
and Primary Sources. Farmington
Hills, Mich.: Gale Group, 2001.

Brune, Lester H. The Korean War:
Handbook of the Literature and
Research. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 1996.

Edwards, Paul M. A Guide to Films on
the Korean War. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 1997.

Hoare, James E. & Susan Pares. Conflict in
Korea: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara,
Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1999.

Isserman, Maurice. Korean War. N.Y.:
Facts on File, 2003.

Matray, James L. Historical Dictionary of
the Korean War. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Pub. Group, 1991.

Rottman, Gordon L. Korean War Order
of Battle. N.Y.: Praeger Press, 2002.

Sandler, Stanley. The Korean War: An
Encyclopedia. N.Y.: Garland Pub.,
Inc., 1995.

Summers, Jr., Harry G. Korean War
Almanac. N.Y.: Facts on File, 1990.

Tucker, Spencer C., ed. Encyclopedia of
the Korean War: A Political, Social and
Military History. 3 volumes. Santa
Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2000.

Varhola, Michael J. Fire & Ice: The
Korean War, 1950-1953. Mason City,
Iowa: Savas Publishing Co., 2000.

Special Operations/Units

Black, Robert W. Rangers in Korea.
N.Y.: Ballantine Books, 1989.

Breuer, William B. Shadow Warriors.
N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.

Haas, Michael E. In the Devil's Shadow:
U.N. Special Operations During the
Korean War. Annapolis, Md.: Naval
Institute Press, 2000.

Holober, Frank. Raiders of the China
Coast. Annapolis, Md.: Naval
Institute Press, 1999.

Malcom, Ben S. White Tigers: My Secret
War in North Korea. Dulles, Va.:
Brassey's, 1996.

Wonju, Battle

Coleman, J.D. Wonju: The Gettysburg of
the Korean War. Dulles, Va.: Brassey's,
2001.

Editor's Note: The history branches of
all the military services also published a
commemorative series of booklets for
the 50th anniversary.