Korean War

Believing it could act with impunity in a world exhausted by war, communist North Korea decided to invade and annex Western-allied South Korea in June 1950. President Harry S. Truman, who feared from the beginning that Korea was "the opening round of World War III," committed U.S. troops to repulse the invaders. America's first "limited" war-and the first armed conflict of the cold war era-had begun. Three years of brutal fighting followed, leading to the deaths of more than half a million North Korean and Chinese soldiers and of more than 50,000 Americans. Korean War, Revised Edition recalls this momentous but largely forgotten event from recent U.S. history. Chelsea House is proud to announce the updating and revision of its critically acclaimed America At War series. Features of this revised edition include the addition of color images and maps throughout, as well as extra sidebars and a new chapter on weapons and tactics used in the conduct of each war. Book jacket.