The Darkest Summer: Pusan and Inchon 1950: The Battles That Saved South Korea-and the Marines-From Extinction
Parameters › Vol. 40 Nbr. 1, April 2010
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[...] hang on they did, buying time for the planning and execution of the daring and successful 15 September 1950 amphibious operation at Inchon, on the western side of the peninsula more than 200 miles northwest of Pusan. In addition to efforts to arouse a public to support "us" and oppose "them," emotions are at work as soldiers and civilians die while true or false reports of rape, murder, and mayhem become public.
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The Darkest Summer: Pusan and Inchon 1950: The Battles That Saved South Korea-and the Marines-From Extinction
The Darkest Summer: Pusan and Inchon 1950: The Battles that Saved South Korea-and the Marines-from Extinction. By Bill Sloan. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009. 385 pages. $27.00.
It matters that Bill Sloan is a journalist, novelist, and writer of nonfiction. Among...See the full content of this document
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