ABSTRACT
First major clash with a communist army The Korean War was America's first ideological conflict and the first large-scale clash between U.S./UN forces and a Communist army. More than any other event, it signaled the beginning of Cold War mobilization for the U.S. and NATO, and even though the specter of international communism had since faded away, the animosities of The Forgotten War threaten to flare up even today. Focuses on military topics The Korean War contains articles of varying lengths on key topics that range from the origins of the conflict, ground, naval and air operations, and tactical planning to the Truman-MacArthur face-off, the POW issue, and armistice negotiations. The bulk of the Encyclopedia focuses on such military topics as the use of artillery, the pioneering concept of helicopter evacuation of wounded, new infantry tactics dictated by Communist POW riots, civil affairs, larger military units, and communications. There are also articles on civilian and military leaders, including President Eisenhower, General Ridgeway, Kim Il Sung, Chou En lai, Syngman Rhee, and others. Special features *Articles written by experts in the field *Useful to librarians, scholars, researchers and students alike *Includes 48 maps and photographs *Covers an extraordinary range of key topics *A chronology, extensive bibliography, and a subject index are included
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |43 pages
A
entry |3 pages
Acheson, Dean (1893–1971)
entry |1 pages
ADCOM: GHQ Advance Command, Korea
entry |1 pages
Air Attacks on Power Plants
entry |3 pages
Airborne Operations
entry |5 pages
Aircraft
entry |1 pages
Air Force, North Korean People's
entry |7 pages
Air Force, U.S.
entry |1 pages
Air Force, U.S., Combat Cargo Command
entry |3 pages
Antiguerrilla Operations
entry |6 pages
Antiwar Sentiment in the Korean War, 1950–1953
entry |9 pages
Armistice Negotiations
entry |5 pages
Armor in the Korean War
entry |1 pages
Army, Chinese Communist
entry |1 pages
Army, North Korean People's
entry |1 pages
Army, U.S., Cavalry Units
entry |1 pages
Army, U.S., Civil Affairs and Military Government
entry |1 pages
Army, U.S., Corps of Engineers
entry |1 pages
Army, U.S., Signal Corps
entry |5 pages
Artillery in the Korean War
entry |4 pages
Australia and the Korean War
letter |12 pages
B
entry |3 pages
Bacteriological Warfare
entry |2 pages
Barr, David G. (1895–1970)
entry |2 pages
Bazooka vs. Tank
entry |1 pages
Big Switch
entry |4 pages
Bradley, Omar N. (1893–1981)
entry |3 pages
Brainwashing, or Xinao
entry |3 pages
British Contribution
entry |1 pages
Broadcast News Coverage of the Korean War
letter |38 pages
C
entry |6 pages
Canada in the Korean War, 1951–1953
entry |5 pages
Cavalry Units, U.S. Army
entry |2 pages
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
entry |2 pages
Chae Byung Duk (1917–1950)
entry |2 pages
Chaplains in the Korean War
entry |2 pages
Chiang Kai-shek (1887–1975)
entry |5 pages
China and Chinese Decision Making in the Korean War
entry |4 pages
China Lobby and the Korean War
entry |2 pages
Chongchon River, Battle of
entry |2 pages
Church, John H. (1892–1953)
entry |5 pages
Civil Affairs and Military Government, U.S. Army
entry |3 pages
Clark, Mark W. (1896–1984)
entry |3 pages
Collins, J. Lawton (1896–1987)
entry |4 pages
Combat Cargo Command, U.S. Air Force
entry |4 pages
Communications
entry |1 pages
Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
entry |2 pages
Coulter, John B. (1891–1983)
letter |8 pages
D
entry |2 pages
Dean, William F. (1899–1981)
entry |3 pages
Defectors
entry |3 pages
Demilitarized Zone
entry |1 pages
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
entry |2 pages
Dulles, John Foster (1888–1959)
letter |8 pages
E
entry |3 pages
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890–1969)
entry |4 pages
Engineers in the Korean War
entry |3 pages
Ethiopian Battalion
letter |7 pages
F
entry |3 pages
Film, Television, and Literature of the Korean War
entry |2 pages
First Clash: U.S. vs. North Korea
entry |4 pages
French Battalion
letter |8 pages
G
entry |2 pages
Gay, Hobart R. (1894–1983)
entry |4 pages
Geneva Conference of 1954
entry |2 pages
Great Britain and the Korean War
entry |3 pages
Greek Forces in the Korean War
entry |1 pages
Gromyko, Andrei A. (1909–1989)
letter |14 pages
H
entry |3 pages
Heartbreak Ridge
entry |3 pages
Helicopters in the Korean War
entry |4 pages
Historiography of the Korean War
entry |2 pages
Hodge, John R. (1893–1963)
entry |2 pages
Hoge, William M. (1894–1979)
entry |5 pages
Home Front, U.S.
letter |7 pages
I
entry |5 pages
Inchon Landings, 1950
entry |2 pages
Indian 60th Field Ambulance and Surgical Unit
entry |2 pages
Indochina and the Korean War
entry |1 pages
Intelligence in the Korean War
letter |9 pages
J
entry |4 pages
Johnson, Louis A. (1891–1966)
entry |5 pages
Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Relief of General Douglas MacArthur
entry |1 pages
Joy, C. Turner (1895–1956)
letter |31 pages
K
entry |2 pages
KATUSA (Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army)
entry |2 pages
Kean, William B. (1897–1981)
entry |2 pages
Keiser, Laurence B. (1895–1969)
entry |3 pages
Kim II Sung (1912–1994)
entry |3 pages
Kimpo Airfield
entry |2 pages
KMAG (Korean Military Advisory Group)
entry |6 pages
Korea and the United States to 1945
entry |8 pages
Korea and the United States, 1945–1950
entry |1 pages
Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army
entry |1 pages
Korean Military Advisory Group
entry |3 pages
Korean People's (North Korean) Air Force
entry |3 pages
Korean People's (North Korean) Army
entry |2 pages
Korean People's (North Korean) Navy
letter
L
entry |2 pages
Lin Piao (1907–1971?)
entry |1 pages
Little Switch
entry
Logistics, U.S.
letter |26 pages
M
entry |4 pages
MacArthur, Douglas (1880–1964)
entry |2 pages
Manchuria
entry |2 pages
Mao Tse-tung (1893–1976)
entry |10 pages
Marine Corps, U.S.
entry |3 pages
Marshall, George C. (1880–1959)
entry |4 pages
Marshall, S.L.A. (1900–1977)
entry |5 pages
Medical Service in the Korean War
entry |2 pages
Milburn, Frank W. (1892–1962)
entry |1 pages
Military Government
entry |2 pages
Muccio, John J. (1900–1989)
letter |29 pages
N
entry |2 pages
Napalm
entry |3 pages
NATO, Impact of the Korean War on
entry |11 pages
Naval Air Operations in the Korean War
entry |5 pages
Navy, U.S.
entry |3 pages
Netherlands Forces in Korea
entry |2 pages
New Zealand Forces in Korea
entry |7 pages
North Korea
entry |1 pages
North Korean People's Air Force
entry |1 pages
North Korean People's Army
entry |1 pages
North Korean People's Navy
entry |2 pages
Nuclear Weapons: The Question of Their Use
letter |5 pages
O
entry |2 pages
Operations Big and Little Switch
entry |4 pages
Opposing Forces on the Eve of War
letter |26 pages
P
entry |2 pages
Pace, Frank, Jr. (1912–1988)
entry |2 pages
Peng Dehuai (1898–1974)
entry |2 pages
People's Liberation/Volunteer Army
entry |3 pages
Pork Chop Hill
entry |2 pages
Power Plants, U.N. Air Attacks on
entry |4 pages
Press (Western) and the Korean War
entry |6 pages
Prisoner of War (POW) Question
entry |3 pages
Prisoner of War (POW) Riots, February– December, 1952
entry |4 pages
Psychological Warfare
entry |3 pages
Pusan Perimeter
entry |3 pages
Pusan Perimeter: Breakout
entry |3 pages
Pyongyang
letter |25 pages
R
entry |2 pages
Rangers, U.S. Army
entry |2 pages
Red Cross, International (IRC)
entry |1 pages
Republic of (South) Korea Air Force
entry |6 pages
Republic of (South) Korea Army
entry |4 pages
Reserve Forces, U.S.
entry |7 pages
Rhee, Syngman (1875–1965)
entry |4 pages
Ridgway, Matthew B. (1895–1993)
entry |2 pages
Rotation System
entry |2 pages
Royal Navy
entry |2 pages
Rusk, Dean (1909–1994)
letter |10 pages
S
entry |2 pages
Seoul
entry |3 pages
Signal Corps, U.S. Army
entry |2 pages
Smith, Oliver P. (1893–1977)
entry |1 pages
Smith, Task Force
entry |2 pages
South African Forces
entry |1 pages
South Korea
entry |3 pages
Soviet Union: Responsibility for the Korean War
entry |3 pages
State Department, U.S.
entry |1 pages
Stone, I.F. (1907–1989)
letter |16 pages
T
entry |2 pages
Taegu
entry |2 pages
Taejon
entry |4 pages
Task Force Smith
entry |3 pages
Taylor, Maxwell D. (1901–1987)
entry |2 pages
38th Parallel
entry |3 pages
Topography and Terrain
entry |4 pages
Truman, Harry S. (1884–1972)
entry |3 pages
Turkish Brigade
letter |2 pages
U
entry |2 pages
United Nations Partisan Infantry (UNPIK)
entry |1 pages
U.S. Air Force
entry |1 pages
U.S. Air Force Combat Cargo Command
entry |1 pages
U.S. Army Cavalry Units
entry |1 pages
U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Military Government
entry |1 pages
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
entry |1 pages
U.S. Army Rangers
entry |1 pages
U.S. Army Signal Corps
entry |1 pages
U.S. Home Front
entry |1 pages
U.S. Logistics
entry |1 pages
U.S. Marine Corps
entry |1 pages
U.S. Naval Air Operations in the Korean War
entry |1 pages
U.S. Navy
entry |1 pages
U.S. Reserve Forces
entry |1 pages
Ussr
entry |1 pages
U.S. State Department
letter |6 pages
V
entry |2 pages
Vandenberg, Hoyt S. (1899–1954)
entry |3 pages
Van Fleet, James A. (1892–1992)
entry |3 pages
Veterans of the Korean War
letter |11 pages
W
entry |1 pages
Wac
entry |2 pages
Wake Island Conference (October 15, 1950)
entry |4 pages
Walker, Walton H. (1889–1950)
entry |2 pages
Whitney, Courtney (1897–1969)
entry |4 pages
Willoughby, Charles A. (1882–1972)
entry |2 pages
Wilson, Charles E. (1886–1972)
entry |2 pages
Women's Army Corps
letter |5 pages
X
entry |5 pages
X Corps
