Korean War/Bibliography

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Historiography and reference

• Armstrong, Charles K. "Divided Korea at Sixty." History Compass 2005 3(Asia). Issn: 1478-0542 Fulltext: [[Blackwell Synergy] considers how Korea became divided; the causes and conduct of the Korean War; the reasons for Korea's continued division; and in particular the nature and survivability of the North Korean regime.
• Brune, Lester H. The Korean War: Handbook of the Literature and Research, (1996) 464 pp.; comprehensive annotated guide to the scholarly literature online edition
• Edwards, Paul M. The A to Z of the Korean War. (2005). 305 pp. historical dictionary; also published as Korean War Almanac (2006)
• Matray, James I. Historical Dictionary of the Korean War (1991), the nest encyclopedia on political, biographical, and non-US subjects excerpt and text search
• Millett, Allan R “A Reader's Guide To The Korean War” Journal of Military History (1997) Vol. 61 No. 3; p. 583+
• Millett, Allan R, “A Reader's Guide To The Korean War” Journal of Military History (1997) Vol. 61 No. 3; p. 583+ full text in JSTOR; free online revised version
• Millett, Allan R. "The Korean War: A 50 Year Critical Historiography," Journal of Strategic Studies 24 (March 2001), pp. 188-224. full text in Ingenta and Ebsco; discusses major works by British, American, Korean, Chinese, and Russian authors
• Sandler, Stanley. The Korean War: An Eencyclopedia (1995), the best encyclopedia on military-operational-weaponry subjects excerpt and text search
• Stueck, William. "The Korean War As History: David Rees' Korea: The Limited War In Retrospect," Conference on the Power of Free Inquiry and Cold War International History (1998) online edition
• Summers, Harry G. Korean War Almanac (1990), not always reliable
• Tucker, Spencer C. et al. Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History (3 vol; 2002 also one-vol edition) the best reference source; 600 entries; vol 3 contains primary documents
• West, Philip. "Interpreting the Korean War" The American Historical Review, Vol. 94, No. 1 (Feb., 1989), pp. 80-96 in JSTOR

Surveys

• Halliday, Jon and Bruce Cumings. Korea: The Unknown War (1988); hostile to US & ROK; well illustrated
• Heller, Francis H. ed. The Korean War (1977)
• James, D. Clayton. Years of MacArthur vol 3, 1945-64 (1985), the standard scholarly biography
• James, D. Clayton with Anne Sharp Wells, Refighting the Last War: Command and Crises in Korea, 1950-1953 (1993)
• Kaufman, Burton I. The Korean Conflict(1999) excerpt and text search
• Malkasian, Carter. The Korean War (Essential Histories) (2001), brief summary excerpt and text search
• Millett, Allan R. The War for Korea, 1945-1950: A House Burning (2005), major history by leading scholar excerpt and text search
• Sandler, Stanley. "The Korean War: An Interpretive History," in Richard Jensen et al., eds. Trans-Pacific Relations: America, Europe and Asia in the Twentieth Century (2003) excerpt and text search; also complete edition online
• Sandler, Stanley. [The Korean War: No Victors, No Vanquished (1999) excerpt and text search
• Stueck, William. The Korean War (1997) excerpt and text search
• Stueck, Jr., William J. The Korean War: An International History (1995), diplomacy
• Summers, Harry G. Korean War Almanac (1990), not fully reliable
• Varhola, Michael J. Fire and Ice: The Korean War, 1950-1953, (2000) excerpt and text search

Origins, politics and diplomacy

• Beisner, Robert L. Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War (2006), 800pp
• Chen, Jian. China's Road to the Korean War (1995) excerpt and text search
• Condit, Doris M. The Test of War, 1950-1953. (1988) on the Pentagon leadership.
• Cumings, Bruce. The Origins of the Korean War, Vol. 1: Liberation and the Emergence of Separate Regimes, 1945-1947, (1981), ISBN 0-691-10113-2; The Origins of the Korean War, Vol. 2: The Roaring of the Cataract, 1947-1950, Princeton University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-691-07843-2, prewar; stress on internal Korean politics
• Dingman, Roger. "Atomic Diplomacy During the Korean War." International Security 13 (1988-89), how Eisenhowwer threatened to use nuclear weapons
• Foot, Rosemary. The Wrong War: American Policy and the Dimensions of the Korean Conflict, 1950-1953 (1985)
• Foot, Rosemary. A Substitute for Victory: The Politics of Peacemaking at the Korean Armistice Talks (1990).
• Foot, Rosemary, "Making Known the Unknown War: Policy Analysis of the Korean Conflict in the Last Decade," Diplomatic History 15 (Summer 1991): 411-31
• Goncharov, Sergei N., John W. Lewis; and Xue Litai, Uncertain Partners: Stalin, Mao, and the Korean War, Stanford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8047-2521-7, diplomatic
• Hu, Wanli. "Mao's American Strategy and the Korean War." PhD dissertation U. of Massachusetts 2005. 247 pp. DAI 2005 66(2): 716-717-A. DA3163675 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses* Jervis, Robert. "The Impact of the Korean War on the Cold War" The Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Dec., 1980), pp. 563-592 in JSTOR
• Hunt, Michael H. "Beijing and the Korean Crisis, June 1950-June 1951," Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 107, No. 3 (Autumn, 1992), pp. 453-478 in JSTOR
• Jian, Chen. China's Road to the Korean War: The Making of the Sino-American Confrontation (1994) excerpt and text search; online edition
• Kaufman, Burton I. The Korean War: Challenges in Crisis, Credibility, and Command. (1999), politics of war;online edition
• Malkasian, Carter. Toward a Better Understanding of Attrition: the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Journal of Military History 2004 68(3): 911-942. Issn: 0899-3718 Fulltext: Project Muse
• Matray, James I. "Truman's Plan for Victory: National Self-Determination and the Thirty-Eighth Parallel Decision in Korea," The Journal of American History, Vol. 66, No. 2 (Sep., 1979), pp. 314-333 in JSTOR
• Roe, Patrick C. The Dragon Strikes: China and the Korean War, June-December 1950 (2000). 466 pgs. online edition
• Shen, Zhihua. "Sino-Soviet Relations and the Origins of the Korean War: Stalin's Strategic Goals in the Far East," Journal of Cold War Studies Volume 2, Number 2, Spring 2000, pp. 44-68 in Project Muse
• Stairs, Denis. The Diplomacy of Constraint: Canada, the Korean War, and the United States (1974), esp ch 4 on containing America's militarism
• Stueck, William. Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History (2004) excerpt and text search
• Stueck, Jr., William J. The Korean War: An International History (1995), diplomacy
• Stueck, William, ed. The Korean War in World History (2004) excerpt and text search includes:
  • Allan R. Millett, "Korean People: Missing in Action in the Misunderstood War."
  • Kathryn Weathersby, "Soviet Role in the Korean War."
  • Chen Jian, "China's Road to the Korean War Revisited"
• Thornton, Richard C. Odd Man Out: Truman, Stalin, Mao and the Origins of Korean War (2001) excerpt and text search
• Whiting, Allen. China Crosses the Yalu (1960), out of date
• Wilkinson, Mark F., ed. The Korean War at Fifty: International Perspectives. (2004). 297 pp.
• Zhang Shu-gang, Mao's Military Romanticism: China and the Korean War, 1950-1953 (1995)

US Domestic politics

• Bernstein, Barton J. "The Truman Presidency and the Korean War," in Michael James Lacey, ed. The Truman Presidency (1989) pp 410-43 online edition
• Caridi, Ronald James. "The G.O.P. and the Korean War." Pacific Historical Review 1968 37(4): 423-443. Issn: 0030-8684 in Jstor
• Casey, Steven. Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion in the United States, 1950-1953 (2008)
• Donnelly, William M. "'The Best Army That Can Be Put in the Field in the Circumstances': the U.S. Army, July 1951-July 1953." Journal of Military History 2007 71(3): 809-847. Issn: 0899-3718 Fulltext: Ebsco
• Hamby, Alonzo. Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman (1998) excerpt and text search
• Ohanian, Lee E. "The Macroeconomic Effects of War Finance in the United States: World War II and the Korean War" American Economic Review. 87#1 (1997) pp 23-40 in JSTOR
• Spanier, John W. The Truman-MacArthur Controversy and the Korean War (1959).
• Wainstock, Dennis D. Truman, Macarthur, and the Korean War (1999) online edition

The two Koreas

• Cumings, Bruce. The Origins of the Korean War, Vol. 1: Liberation and the Emergence of Separate Regimes, 1945-1947, (1981), ISBN 0-691-10113-2; The Origins of the Korean War, Vol. 2: The Roaring of the Cataract, 1947-1950, Princeton University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-691-07843-2, prewar; stress on internal Korean politics
• Lankov, Andrei, and A. N. Lankov, From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: The Formation of North Korea 1945-1960 (2002) excerpt and text search</ref>
• Zhihua, Shen. "Sino-North Korean Conflict and its Resolution During the Korean War." Cold War International History Project Bulletin 2003-2004 (14-15): 9-24. online edition

Ground operations

• Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu (1961); official US Army history of fighting in 1950 online edition
• Appleman, Roy E.. East of Chosin: Entrapment and Breakout in Korea (1987); Escaping the Trap: The U.S. Army in Northeast Korea, 1950 (1987) excerpt and text search; Disaster in Korea: The Chinese Confront MacArthur (1989); Ridgway Duels for Korea (1990). narrative and analysis of combat operations
• Appleman, Roy E. Disaster in Korea: The Chinese Confront MacArthur (1989) online edition
• Appleman, Roy E.. Escaping the Trap: The U.S. Army in Northeast Korea, 1950 (1987)
• Appleman, Roy E.. Ridgway Duels for Korea (1990).
• Blair, Clay. The Forgotten War (1988), revisionist study that attacks senior American officials
• Farrar-Hockley, General Sir Anthony. The British Part in the Korean War, HMSO, (1995), 528 pp, official British history ISBN 0-11-630962-8
• Flint, Roy K. "Task Force Smith and the 24th Division." in Charles E. Heller and William A. Stofft eds. America's First Battles: 1776-1965 (1986), 266-99. A wide-ranging look at the Army and its weak fighting ability in 1950.
• Grey, Jeffrey. The Commonwealth Armies and the Korean War: An Alliance Study. (1988).
• Halberstam, David. The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War, (2007), oral histories excerpt and text search
• Hamburger, Kenneth E. Leadership in the Crucible: The Korean War Battles of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-Ni. (2003). 257 pp. excerpt and text search
• Hastings, Max. The Korean War (2000), British perspective excerpt and text search
• Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front (1962) Official US Army history of 1951-53, including combat and truce talks. online edititom
• Hastings, Max. The Korean War (1987), 416pp; British perspective excerpt and text search
• Johnston, William. A War of Patrols: Canadian Army Operations in Korea (2003).
• Knox, Donald. The Korean War, An Oral History (1985) excerpt and text search
• Korea Institute of Military History. The Korean War (3 vol 2000); highly detailed narrative; official South Korean history excerpt and text search
• Marshall, S.L.A. The River and the Gauntlet: Defeat of the Eighth Army by the Chinese Communist Forces, November, 1950 in the Battle of Chongchon River, Korea (1953) based on after-action intervierws
• Millett, Allan R. Their War for Korea: American, Asian, and European Combatants and Civilians, 1945–1953. (2003). 310 pp. excerpt and text search
• Montross, Lynn et al., History of U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950–1953, 5 vols. (1954–72),
• Mossman, Billy C. Ebb and Flow: November 1950 - July 1951 (1990), good official US Army history online edition
• O’Neill, Robert. Australia in the Korean War, 1950-1953. 2 vols. (1981, 1985)
• Russ, Martin. Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950 (2000), 464 pages, ISBN 0-14-029259-4 excerpt and text search
• Schnabel, James W. U.S. Army in the Korean War: Policy and Directions: The First Year (1972), official US Army history, focused on Pentagon online edition
• Schnabel, James F. United States Army in the Korean War: Policy and Direction: The First Year (1972). official US Army history; full text online
• Stolfi, Russel H. S. "A Critique of Pure Success: Inchon Revisited, Revised, and Contrasted." Journal of Military History 2004 68(2): 505-525. Issn: 0899-3718 Fulltext: Project Muse argues Germans did a better job in a comparable campaign in the Baltic in 1941
• Toland, John. In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950-1953 (1991), combat narratives
• Watson, Brent Byron. Far Eastern Tour: The Canadian Infantry in Korea, 1950-1953. 2002. 256 pp.

Air and sea operations; logistics

• Crane, Conrad C. American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953. (2000).
• Field Jr., James A. History of United States Naval Operations: Korea, (2001), official U.S. Navy history
• Futrell, Robert Frank et al. The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950-1953 (1961), the best military analysis
• Hallion, Richard. The Naval Air War in Korea (1986)
• Huston, James A. Guns and Butter, Powder and Rice: U.S. Army Logistics in the Korean War (1989)
• Werrell, Kenneth P. Sabres over MiG Alley: The F-86 and the Battle for Air Superiority in Korea. (2005). 318 pp.

Biographies and memoirs

• Domes, Juergen, Peng Teh-huai (1985), Chinese commander
• James, D. Clayton. Years of MacArthur vol 3, 1945-64 (1985), the major scholarly biography
• Leitich, Keith. Shapers of the Great Debate on the Korean War: A Biographical Dictionary (2006) covers Americans only
• Ridgway, Matthew B. The Korean War (1986) memoir by US ground commander excerpt and text search

Intelligence

• Knight, Peter G. "'MacArthur's Eyes': Reassessing Military Intelligence Operations in the Forgotten War, June 1950-April 1951." PhD dissertation Ohio State U. 2006. 443 pp. DAI 2007 67(7): 2722-A. DA3226313 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses

Soldiers and support; medical

• Bardbury, William C. et al. Mass Behavior in Battle and Captivity: The Communist Soldier in the Korean War (1968)
• Biderman, Albert D. March to Calumny (1963), best on US POWs; rebuts charges (made by Eugene Kinkead) that 1/3 collaborated
• Cowdrey, Albert E. The Medics' War (GPO, 1987)
• Crane, Conrad C. "'No Practical Capabilities': American Biological and Chemical Warfare Programs During the Korean War," Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 45.2 (2002) 241-249, shows the US did not develop biological weapons in Project Muse
• Donnelly, William M. "'The Best Army that Can Be Put in the Field in the Circumstances': The U.S. Army, July 1951–July 1953," The Journal of Military History 71#3 July 2007, pp. 809-847 in Project Muse
• Hanson, Thomas E. "America's First Cold War Army: Combat Readiness in the Eighth US Army, 1949-1950." PhD dissertation Ohio State U. 2006. 224 pp. DAI 2007 67(7): 2721-A. DA3226301 in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• Huston, James A. Guns and Butter, Powder and Rice: U.S. Army Logistics in the Korean War (1989)
• Kindsvatter, Peter S. American Soldiers: Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam. (2003). 472 pp.
• Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea (1987), oral history interviews from soldiers in of corps of engineers, transportation, chemical. signal, medical, ordnance, quartermaster and MP's; 212pp; online edition
• Witt, Linda, et al. A Defense Weapon Known to Be of Value: Service Women of the Korean War Era. (2005). 320 pp.
• Wubben, H. H. "American Prisoners of War in Korea." American Quarterly 22#1 (1970) pp 3-19 online at JSTOR

Film, fiction, culture and memory

• Axelsson, Arne. Restrained Response: American Novels of the Cold War and Korea, 1945-1962. (1990). 221 pp. excerpt and text search
• Ehrhart, W. D., and Philip K. Jason, eds. Retrieving Bones: Stories and Poems of the Korean War (1999) 225pp excerpt and text search
• Carruthers, Susan L. "The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and the Cold War Brainwashing Scare." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 1998 18(1): 75-94. Issn: 0143-9685
• Edwards, Paul M. A Guide to Films on the Korean War. (1997). 149 pp. excerpt and text search
• Edwards, Paul M. To Acknowledge a War: The Korean War in American Memory. (2000). 176 pp. excerpt and text search
• Kerin, James R., Jr. "The Korean War and American Memory." PhD dissertation U. of Pennsylvania 1994. 411 pp. DAI 1995 55(9): 2833-A. DA9503784 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• Lentz, Robert J. Korean War Filmography: 91 English Language Features through 2000. (2003). 496 pp.
• Park, Jinim. "The Colonized Colonizers: Korean Experiences of the Vietnam War." Journal of American-East Asian Relations 1998 7(3-4): 217-240. Issn: 1058-3947 examines three novels: Ahn Jung-hyo's White Badge (1989), Park Young-han's River of Song-Ba (1992), and Hwang Suk-young's The Shadow of Arms (1994)
• Seed, David. American Science Fiction and the Cold War: Literature and Film (1999) excerpt and text search
• West, Philip; Levine, Steven I.; and Hiltz, Jackie, eds. America's Wars in Asia: A Cultural Approach to History and Memory. (1998). 286 pp.
• West, Philip. "Confronting the West: China as David and Goliath in the Korean War." Journal of American-East Asian Relations 1993 2(1): 5-28. Issn: 1058-3947
• Young, Charles S. "Missing Action: Pow Films, Brainwashing and the Korean War, 1954-1968." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 1998 18(1): 49-74. Issn: 0143-9685

Primary sources

• Bassett, Richard M. And the Wind Blew Cold: The Story of an American POW in North Korea. (2002). 117 pp.
• Heller, Francis H. ed. The Korean War (1977), 251pp recollections of leaders and coments by scholars
• Marshall, S. L. A. The River and the Gauntlet (1953) on combat
• Ridgway, Matthew B. "The Korean War: How We Met the Challenge: How All-Out Asian War Was Averted: Why MacArthur Was Dismissed: Why Today’s War Objectives Must Be Limited" (1967).
• Westover, John G. Combat Support in Korea (1987), oral history interviews from members of corps of engineers, transportation, chemical, signal, medical, ordnance, quartermaster and MPs; 212pp; online edition
• Yu, Bin, and Xiaobing Li, eds Mao's Generals Remember Korea, (2001), 328 pages