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_cAM-YeNLA
041 0 _aeng
100 1 _aLeckie, Robert
245 1 4 _aThe war in Korea, 1950-1953 /
_cby Robert Leckie.
260 _aNew York :
_bRandom House,
_c1963.
300 _a173 p. :
_bill., portraits, maps ;
_c22 cm.
490 1 _aWorld landmark books
_vW-57
500 _aWith hardcover
500 _aIncludes index
505 0 _aCont.: The U.N. wins its first battle -- How the war began -- The fall of Seoul -- Enter the United Nations -- Enter the Americans -- General Dean's last stand -- Bulldog Walker at Pusan -- The glory of MacArthur -- The Chinese trap -- The second retreat from Seoul -- The road back -- The truce talks drag on -- The fighting ends.
520 _aThe Korean War was the first time in history troops of a world organization acted as a police force to fight an aggressor nation. Here is an account of the conflict which was fought on two battlefields across the rugged Korean terrain, where troops met in bloody combat, and around the conference tables, where truce teams engaged in grueling negotiations to bring about peace.
650 1 4 _aKorean War, 1950-1953
_vJuvenile fiction
830 0 _aWorld landmark books, W-57
999 _c1015187
_d1015187