Korean Showdown - 9780817320737

Korean ShowdownNational Policy and Military Strategy in a Limited War, 1951-1952\nAuthor(s): Bryan R. Gibby\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817320737, 978-0817320737\nSynopsis\nA historical analysis of the policies and military strategies applied during the Korean War stalemate period\nKorean Showdown: National Policy and Military Strategy in a Limited War, [tel] takes a holistic and integrative approach to strategy, operations, and tactics during the Korean Wars stalemate period and demonstrates how these matters shaped each other and influenced, or were influenced by, political and strategic policy decision-making. Bryan R. Gibby offers an analysis of the major political and military decisions affecting how the war was conducted operationally and diplomatically by examining American, Chinese, North Korean, and South Korean operations in the context of fighting a limited war with lim.