Glossary of military terms

List of maps

Note on military map symbols

Introduction

pt. 1. A warning at Unsan

pt. 2. Bleak days : The In Min Gun drives south

pt. 3. Washington goes to war

pt. 4. The politics of two continents

pt. 5. The last roll of the dice : the north Koreans push to Pusan

pt. 6. MacArthur turns the tide : the Inchon landing

pt. 7. Crossing the parallel and heading north

pt. 8. The Chinese strike

pt. 9. Learning to fight the Chinese : twin tunnels, Wonju, and Chipyongni

pt. 10. The general and the president

pt. 11. The consequences

Epilogue

Author's note

Acknowledgments

Afterword / Russell Baker

Notes

Bibliography

Index.