The darkest summer : Pusan and Inchon 1950 : the battles that saved South Korea--and the Marines--from extinction /

Sloan, Bill

The darkest summer : Pusan and Inchon 1950 : the battles that saved South Korea--and the Marines--from extinction / Bill Sloan. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, c2009. - ix, 385 p. : ill., map, plans ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-362) and index.

Sloan recounts the dramatic first three months of the Korean War, when South Korea was saved from Communism's conquest.

9781416571742 (hardcover) : 1416571744 (hardcover)


Korean War, 1950-1953--Campaigns--Korea (South)--Pusan Region.


Pusan (Korea)--History, Military--20th century.

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