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Item Details
Title:
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A WAR OF PATROLS
CANADIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN KOREA |
By: |
William Johnston |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£29.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0774810084 |
ISBN 13: |
9780774810081 |
Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 April, 2003 |
Series: |
Studies in Canadian Military History |
Pages: |
448 |
Description: |
Impeccably researched and analytical, this comprehensive account of the Canadian campaign in the Korean War provides the first detailed study of the training, leadership, operations, and tactics of the brigade under each of its three wartime commanders. |
Synopsis: |
The extended peace the world anticipated following the decisive Allied victory in the Second World War was abruptly shattered in June 1950 by the invasion of South Korea by communist North Korea. Responding to a United Nations' call to assist the South Korean regime, Canada deployed an 8000-man brigade to the peninsula to fight as part of an American-led UN force. This comprehensive account of the Canadian campaign in Korea provides the first detailed study of the training, leadership, operations, and tactics of the brigade under each of its three wartime commanders as well as its relationship with American and Commonwealth allies. An impeccably researched analytical history, the book examines the uneven performance of the various Canadian units and argues that the soldiers of the "Special Force" initially sent to Korea were more thorough and professional in their operations than were the army's regular battalions that eventually replaced them at the front. |
Illustrations: |
43 b&w illustrations, 17 maps |
Publication: |
Canada |
Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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