An overview of the three-year war that took over two million lives and resolved none of the conflicts that split Korea into two irreconcilable nations.
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Grade 6-9-- Two books that combine interest-holding prose with full-color maps and informative photographs (tinted black-and-white and color shots in Korean War , full color in Vietnam ). Each author manages in a very limited space to let readers know what each war was about and its outcome through well-organized background material, coverage of major events, and discussions of the personalities involved. Devaney includes far more quotes from participants than McGowen, which livens up his work and gives a much better feel for what the war was like for those "over there." In fact, that is the main focus of Vietnam , while the approach to Korean War is more traditional; it conveys the five "Ws" of journalism (who, what, why, etc.) and explains the deep effect that conflict had on the rest of the world. Both books are worthy additions to the literature and may well encourage readers to explore the Hooblers' Vietnam (Knopf, 1990) and the discussion of the Korean "Police Action" in The Eagle and the Dragon (Crowell, 1985) by Lawson. No notes appear in either book. --David A. Lindsey, Lakewood Junior/Senior High School, WA
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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KOREA is a long, narrow piece of land that sticks down out of northern Asia into the sea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Korean, United States, South Korea, Soviet Union, Eighth Army, United Nations, World War, Republic of Korea, Tenth Corps, General Ridgway, Task Force Smith, Twenty-fourth Division New!
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KOREA is a long, narrow piece of land that sticks down out of northern Asia into the sea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Korean, United States, South Korea, Soviet Union, Eighth Army, United Nations, World War, Republic of Korea, Tenth Corps, General Ridgway, Task Force Smith, Twenty-fourth Division New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- American History (First Book) in Back Matter
- The Korean War by Max Hastings in Back Matter
- Korea: The First War We Lost by Bevin Alexander in Back Matter
- Radioactivity: From the Curies to the Atomic Age (History of Science) by Tom McGowen in Back Matter
- The Korean War: Volume 1: Pusan to Chosin: An Oral History by Donald Knox in Back Matter
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- I Remember Korea: Veterans Tell Their Stories of the Korean War, 1950-53 by Linda Granfield in Back Matter
- World War II (First Books--America at War) by Tom McGowen in Back Matter
- World War I (First Books--America at War) by Tom McGowen in Back Matter
- Journalists At Risk: Reporting America's Wars (People's History) by George Sullivan in Back Matter
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