List of books about the Korean War explained

This is a list of books about the Korean War.

Campaigns and battles

• • • • • • • • • • • Russ, Martin. Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950, Penguin, 2000, 464 pages,
  • Book: Sloan, Bill. The Darkest Summer: Pusan and Inchon 1950. 2009. Simon & Schuster. New York, New York. 978-1-4165-7174-2.

Combat studies

Air combat

• • Hallion, Richard P. The Naval Air War in Korea (1986).
  • Warrell, Kenneth P. "Across the Yalu: Rules of Engagement and the Communist Air Sanctuary during the Korean War." Journal of Military History 72.2 (2008): 451–76. Print.

Ground combat

• Flanagan, E.M. Jr., Airborne – A Combat History Of American Airborne Forces, The Random House Publishing Group, 2002
• Kindsvatter, Peter S. American Soldiers: Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam. U. Press of Kansas, 2003. 472 pp.
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• Book: The Indian Army: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. Lancer Publishers. 1997. 9781897829011. New Delhi. 114. en.
• Book: India Intelligence, Security Activities and Operations Handbook. IBP USA. 2007. 9781433023019. 130. en.

Strategy

• • Ohn, Chang-Il. "The Korean War of 1950–1953: U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Strategy." Revue Internationale D'histoire Militaire 70 (1988): 211–41. Print.
• Book: Rees , David . 1964. Korea: The Limited War. St Martin's. New York. 1078693.

Unit cohesion

Encyclopedia and reference work

• Brune, Lester and Robin Higham, eds., The Korean War: Handbook of the Literature and Research (Greenwood Press, 1994)
  • Edwards, Paul M. The A to Z of the Korean War. The Scarecrow Press, 2005. 307 pp.
• Edwards, Paul M. The Hill Wars of the Korean Conflict : A Dictionary of Hills, Outposts and other Sites of Military Action. McFarland & Co., 2006. 267 pp.
• Edwards, Paul M. The Korean War: a Historical Dictionary. The Scarecrow Press, 2003. 367 pp.
• Edwards, Paul M. Korean War Almanac (2006)
  • Matray, James I. (ed.) Historical Dictionary of the Korean War. Greenwood Press, 1991. 626 pp.
  • 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
  • Sandler, Stanley ed., The Korean War: An Encyclopedia (Garland, 1995)
• Summers, Harry G. Korean War Almanac (1990)

Leaders

• Book: Chang, Jung. Jung Chang. Halliday, Jon . . Knopf. 2005. 0-679-42271-4.
• James, D. Clayton The Years of MacArthur: Triumph and Disaster, 1945–1964 (1985), scholarly biography of MacArthur
• James, D. Clayton with Anne Sharp Wells, Refighting the Last War: Command and Crises in Korea, 1950–1953 (1993)
• Leitich, Keith. Shapers of the Great Debate on the Korean War: A Biographical Dictionary (2006) covers Americans only
• Book: Taaffe, Stephen R.. MacArthur's Korean War Generals. 2016. University Press of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas. 978-0-7006-2221-4.
• Book: Weintraub, Stanley . MacArthur's War: Korea and the Undoing of an American Hero . Stanley Weintraub . 2001 . Touchstone. New York, New York. 0-7432-0503-0.

Official history

British Commonwealth

• • • O'Neil, Robert, Australia in the Korean War 1950–53 (2 vols). Australian War Memorial and the Australian Government Publishing Service, 1981 and 1985.

India

• Book: Prasad, Sri Nandan. History of the Custodian Force (India) in Korea, 1953-54. Historical Section, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. 1976. Chakravorty. B.. New Delhi. en.

United States

• • Field Jr., James A. History of United States Naval Operations: Korea, University Press of the Pacific, 2001, . official US Navy history
• Futrell, Robert F. The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950–1953, rev. ed. (Office of the Chief of Air Force History, 1983), official US Air Force history
  • Montross, Lynn et al., History of US Marine Operations in Korea, 1950–1953, 5 vols. (Washington: Historical Branch, G-3, Headquarters, Marine Corps, 1954–72)

Oral history, recollections and memoirs

• Bin Yu and Xiaobing Li, eds. Mao's Generals Remember Korea, University Press of Kansas, 2001, hardcover 328 pp.
  • • • Matthew B. Ridgway, The Korean War (1967).
• Millett, Allan R. Their War for Korea: American, Asian, and European Combatants and Civilians, 1945–1953. Brassey's, 2003. 310 pp.
• Toland, John. In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950–1953 (1991)
  • • • • Watson, Brent Byron. Far Eastern Tour: The Canadian Infantry in Korea, 1950–1953. 2002. 256 pp.

Origins, politics, diplomacy

• Book: Barnouin. Barbara. Yu. Changgeng. Zhou Enlai: A Political Life. 2006. Chinese University Press. Hong Kong. 962-996-280-2.
• Book: Becker , Jasper . Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea. 2005. Oxford University Press. New York. 0-19-517044-X.
• Carpenter, William M. "The Korean War: A Strategic Perspective Thirty Years Later." Comparative Strategy 2.4 (1980): 335–53. Print.
• Casey, Steven. Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion in the United States, 1950–1953. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008. Print.
• Book: Chen , Jian . China's Road to the Korean War: The Making of the Sino-American Confrontation. 1994. Columbia University Press. New York. 978-0-231-10025-0.
• Book: Cumings , Bruce . Bruce Cumings. Origins of the Korean War. Princeton University Press. 1981 . 3, 4. 89-7696-612-0.
• Book: Cumings , Bruce . Bruce Cumings. Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History. registration. WW Norton & Company. 1997. 0-393-31681-5.
• Foot, Rosemary, "Making Known the Unknown War: Policy Analysis of the Korean Conflict in the Last Decade," Diplomatic History 15 (Summer 1991): 411–31, in JSTOR
• Foot, Rosemary. The Wrong War: American Policy and the Dimensions of the Korean Conflict, 1950–1953. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1985. Print.
  • Goncharov, Sergei N., John W. Lewis; and Xue Litai, Uncertain Partners: Stalin, Mao, and the Korean War, Stanford University Press, 1993,, diplomatic
• Kaufman, Burton I. The Korean War: Challenges in Crisis, Credibility, and Command. Temple University Press, 1986, focus is on Washington
• Kaufman, Burton I. The Korean Conflict (Greenwood Press, 1999).
• Book: Kim , Yǒng-jin . Major Powers and Korea. 1973. Research Institute on Korean Affairs. Silver Spring, MD. 251811671.
• Matray, James. "Truman's Plan for Victory: National Self Determination and the Thirty-Eighth Parallel Decision in Korea," Journal of American History 66 (September, 1979), 314–33. in JSTOR
• Millett, Allan R. The War for Korea, 1945–1950: A House Burning vol 1 (2005), origins
• Oliver, Robert T. Why War Came in Korea. New York: Fordham UP, 1950. Print.
• Spanier, John W. The Truman-MacArthur Controversy and the Korean War (1959).
• Stueck, William. Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History. Princeton U. Press, 2002. 285 pp.
• Stueck, Jr., William J. The Korean War: An International History (Princeton University Press, 1995), diplomatic
  • Misra. Biswamohan. 1964. The Indian U.N. Policy during the Korean Crisis. The Indian Journal of Political Science. 25. 3/4. 145–151. 41854025 . 0019-5510.
• Barnes. Robert. 2013. Between the Blocs: India, the United Nations, and Ending the Korean War. The Journal of Korean Studies. 18. 2. 263–286. 10.1353/jks.2013.0022 . 44080505 . 143769689 . 0731-1613.

Overview

General

• • Book: Goulden , Joseph C . Korea: The Untold Story of the War. McGraw-Hill. New York. 1983. 17. 0-07-023580-5.
  • Book: Hanley, Charles J.. Ghost Flames: Life and Death in a Hidden War, Korea 1950-1953. Charles J. Hanley. 2020. Public Affairs. New York, New York. 9781541768154.
• Book: Hanley. Charles J.. Charles J. Hanley. Choe . Sang-Hun . Mendoza . Martha . . 2001 . Henry Holt and Company . New York . 0-8050-6658-6.
• Book: Hastings, Max. The Korean War. 1987. Simon & Schuster. New York, New York. 0671528238. British perspective
• Book: Halliday. Jon. Cumings. Bruce. Korea: The Unknown War. 1988. Viking. London, England. 0-670-81903-4.
• Hickey, Michael, The Korean War: The West Confronts Communism, 1950–1953 (London: John Murray, 1999)
• Book: Hwang . Su-kyoung . Korea's Grievous War . Philadelphia . University of Pennsylvania Press . 2016 . 9780812248456 .
• Book: MacDonald, Callum A. . Korea: The War Before Vietnam . 1986 . Free Press . New York . 0-02-919621-3 .
• Book: Malkasian , Carter . The Korean War, 1950–1953. Fitzroy Dearborn. Essential Histories. London; Chicago. 2001. 1-57958-364-4.
  • O'Ballance, Edgar. Korea: 1950–1953. Hamden: Archon, 1969. Print.
• Shaara, Jeff (2017), The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War. New York: Ballantine Books. .
• Book: Stein , R. Conrad . The Korean War: "The Forgotten War". 1994. Enslow Publishers. Hillside, NJ. 0-89490-526-0.
• Book: Stokesbury , James L . 1990. A Short History of the Korean War. Harper Perennial. New York. 0-688-09513-5.
• Book: Srivastava, Mahavir Prasad. The Korean Conflict: Search for Unification. Prentice Hall of India. 1982. 9780876922170. New Delhi. en.

Belgium

• • • • • • • • • Book: Gahide, Jean-Pierre. Belgium and the Korean War: 1950–1955 (La Belgique et la guerre de Corée: 1950-1955). 1991. Koninklijk Legermuseum. Brussels. 9782870510100. fr.

India

• Book: Paul, A. K.. India and the Commonwealth in the Korean War. Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. 1953. en.
• Book: Heimsath, Charles Herman. India's role in the Korean war. 1956. en.
• Book: Gatlin, Douglas Stuart. Indian National Interest and the Korean War: A Case Study. University of Florida. 1956. Gainesville. en.
• Book: Dayal, Shiv. India's Role in the Korean Question: A Study in the Settlement of International Disputes Under the United Nations. S. Chand. 1959. New Delhi. en.
• Misra. Biswamohan. 1964. The Indian U.N. Policy during the Korean Crisis. The Indian Journal of Political Science. 25. 3/4. 145–151. 41854025 . 0019-5510.
• Book: Kaushik, Ram Pal. The Crucial Years of Non-alignment: USA, Korean War, India. Kumar Bros.. 1972. 9780896845442. en.
• Book: Prasad, Sri Nandan. History of the Custodian Force (India) in Korea, 1953-54. Historical Section, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. 1976. Chakravorty. B.. New Delhi. en.
• Book: Kim, Kyoung-soo. The Genesis of Non-alignment: A Study of India's Foreign Policy with Special Reference to the Korean War (1950-53). State University of New York at Albany. 1983. en.
• Book: Hull, Victoria Dryden. Indo-American Relations During the Korean War. University Microfilms. 1984. en.
• Book: The Indian Army: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. Lancer Publishers. 1997. 9781897829011. New Delhi. 114. en.
• Book: India Intelligence, Security Activities and Operations Handbook. IBP USA. 2007. 9781433023019. 130. en.
• Book: China: the Korean War ; Relations with India, the United States and the United Nations, Internal Developments, September 1950. Adam Matthew Digital. 2011. en.
• Barnes. Robert. 2013. Between the Blocs: India, the United Nations, and Ending the Korean War. The Journal of Korean Studies. 18. 2. 263–286. 10.1353/jks.2013.0022 . 44080505 . 143769689 . 0731-1613.

Turkey

Prisoners of war

• Bassett, Richard M. And the Wind Blew Cold: The Story of an American POW in North Korea. Kent State U. Press, 2002. 117 pp.
  • Book: Carlson, Lewis H. . Remembered Prisoners of a Forgotten War: An Oral History of Korean War POWs . Remembered Prisoners of a Forgotten War . 2002 . St Martin's Press . 0-312-28684-8.
  • Book: Heo, Man-ho. North Korea's Continued Detention of South Korean POWs since the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Korea Journal of Defense Analysis. 2002. XIV No. 2. 141–65. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160128084219/http://kida.re.kr/eng/publication/pdf/08-Heo.PDF. 2016-01-28.

Unit history

• • • • • • • • Book: Prasad, Sri Nandan. History of the Custodian Force (India) in Korea, 1953-54. Historical Section, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. 1976. Chakravorty. B.. New Delhi. en.