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The darkest summer pusan and inchon 1950

The Darkest Summer is the dramatic story of the first three months of the Korean War as it has never been told before. A narrative studded with gripping eyewitness accounts, it focuses on the fateful days when the Korean War's most decisive battles were fought and the Americans who fought them went' however briefly'from the depths of despair to the exultation of total conquest. Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of surviving U.S. veterans, it reveals how one ninety-day period changed the course of modern history and opens a unique and revealing window on an all-but-forgotten war.

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  • "The Darkest Summer is the dramatic story of the first three months of the Korean War as it has never been told before. A narrative studded with gripping eyewitness accounts, it focuses on the fateful days when the Korean War's most decisive battles were fought and the Americans who fought them went' however briefly'from the depths of despair to the exultation of total conquest. Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of surviving U.S. veterans, it reveals how one ninety-day period changed the course of modern history and opens a unique and revealing window on an all-but-forgotten war."@en
  • "GENERAL & WORLD HISTORY. Told in "Band of Brothers "style, the dramatic first three months of the Korean War, when South Korea was saved from Communist conquest."
  • "The Darkest Summer is the dramatic story of the first three months of the Korean War as it has never been told before. A narrative studded with gripping eyewitness accounts, it focuses on the fateful days when the Korean Warʹs most decisive battles were fought and the Americans who fought them went - however briefly - from the depths of despair to the exultation of total conquest. Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of surviving U.S. veterans, it reveals how one ninety-day period changed the course of modern history and opens a unique and revealing window on an all-but-forgotten war. -- Back cover."
  • "Sloan recounts the dramatic first three months of the Korean War, when South Korea was saved from Communism's conquest"
  • "Sloan recounts the dramatic first three months of the Korean War, when South Korea was saved from Communism's conquest."

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  • "History"
  • "Military history"
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  • "The darkest summer pusan and inchon 1950"@en
  • "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 an d the Marines from extinction"

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