| The Korean War: Limits of American Power Contributor(s): Valois, Karl E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1878668811 ISBN-13: 9781878668813 Publisher: History Compass OUR PRICE: $7.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 Annotation: The words of President Truman, General MacArthur, Senator McCarthy, President Eisenhower, and others, reporters' stories, and letters from soldiers shed light on the war, which began as a civil war between Korean nationalists and escalated into a struggle between the U.S. and Communist China, throwing America into the first major showdown of the Cold War. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Korean War - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 951.904 |
| LCCN: 96086729 |
| Lexile Measure: 1260 |
| Series: Perspectives on History (Discovery) |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.1" W x 7.3" (0.22 lbs) 62 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - East Asian |