Striking back : combat in Korea, March-April 1951

Resource Information

The work Striking back : combat in Korea, March-April 1951 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Striking back : combat in Korea, March-April 1951

Title remainder

combat in Korea, March-April 1951

Statement of responsibility

edited by William T. Bowers

Contributor

• Bowers, William T., 1946-

Editor

• Bowers, William T., 1946-

Subject

• 1950-1953
• Electronic books
• Geschichte 1951
• HISTORY -- Military | Korean War
• History
• Koreakrieg
• Korean War (1950-1953)
• Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns
• Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, American
• Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American
• Military campaigns
• Military participation -- American
• Personal narratives -- American
• USA
• United States, Army
• United States, Army -- History -- Korean War, 1950-1953

Genre

• Personal narratives
• Electronic books
• Personal narratives, American
• History

Language

eng

Summary

Striking Back: Combat in Korea, March-April 1951 is the second book in a three-volume series about the Korean War, examining the fighting that occurred during the late winter and early spring of the war's first year. By the beginning of March, UN forces shifted strategic focus from defense to offense. In April, the combination of stabilized fronts and the enemy's failed attacks made conditions ideal for launching combat offensives. The brutal nature and strategic significance of these campaigns is described in the book, which includes analysis of their profound influence on the remainder of t

Member of

• Battles and campaigns (Lexington, Ky.)

Cataloging source

N$T

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plans
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Battles and campaigns