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,
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): 451âÂÂ76. Print.
Ground combat
- Flanagan, E.M. Jr., Airborne â 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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Intelligence gathering
Logistics
Naval combat
Psychological warfare
Strategy
- Ohn, Chang-Il. "The Korean War of 1950âÂÂ1953: U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Strategy." Revue Internationale D'histoire Militaire 70 (1988): 211âÂÂ41. Print.
Unit cohesion
Cultural impact
- Conway-Lanz, Sahr (2006). Collateral Damage: Americans, Noncombatant Immunity, and Atrocity after World War II. New York: Routledge. ISBN
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. 188âÂÂ224. full text in Ingenta and Ebsco.
- Sandler, Stanley ed., The Korean War: An Encyclopedia (Garland, 1995).
- Summers, Harry G. Korean War Almanac (1990).
International Law
Law of war or international humanitarian law
- Conway-Lanz, Sahr (2006). Collateral Damage: Americans, Noncombatant Immunity, and Atrocity after World War II. New York: Routledge. ISBN .
Leaders
- James, D. Clayton The Years of MacArthur: Triumph and Disaster, 1945âÂÂ1964 (1985), scholarly biography of MacArthur
- James, D. Clayton with Anne Sharp Wells, Refighting the Last War: Command and Crises in Korea, 1950âÂÂ1953 (1993)
- Leitich, Keith. Shapers of the Great Debate on the Korean War: A Biographical Dictionary (2006) covers Americans only
Official history
British Commonwealth
China
India
North Korea
South Korea
United States
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- 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, 1950âÂÂ1953, rev. ed. (Office of the Chief of Air Force History, 1983), official US Air Force history.
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- Montross, Lynn et al., History of US Marine Operations in Korea, 1950âÂÂ1953, 5 vols. (Washington: Historical Branch, G-3, Headquarters, Marine Corps, 1954âÂÂ72).
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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, 1945âÂÂ1953. Brassey's, 2003. 310 pp.
- Toland, John. In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950âÂÂ1953 (1991)
- Watson, Brent Byron. Far Eastern Tour: The Canadian Infantry in Korea, 1950âÂÂ1953. 2002. 256 pp.
Origins, politics, diplomacy
- Carpenter, William M. "The Korean War: A Strategic Perspective Thirty Years Later." Comparative Strategy 2.4 (1980): 335âÂÂ53. Print
- Casey, Steven. Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion in the United States, 1950âÂÂ1953. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008. Print.
- Foot, Rosemary, "Making Known the Unknown War: Policy Analysis of the Korean Conflict in the Last Decade," Diplomatic History 15 (Summer 1991): 411âÂÂ31, in JSOR.
- Foot, Rosemary. The Wrong War: American Policy and the Dimensions of the Korean Conflict, 1950âÂÂ1953. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1985. Print.
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- 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).
- 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), 314âÂÂ33. in JSTOR.
- Millett, Allan R. The War for Korea, 1945âÂÂ1950: 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
Overview
General
- Conway-Lanz, Sahr (2006). Collateral Damage: Americans, Noncombatant Immunity, and Atrocity after World War II. New York: Routledge. ISBN
- Cumings, Bruce (2011). The Korean War: A History. New York (N.Y.): Random House Inc. ISBN
- British perspective.
- Hickey, Michael, The Korean War: The West Confronts Communism, 1950âÂÂ1953 (London: John Murray, 1999) .
- O'Ballance, Edgar. Korea: 1950âÂÂ1953. Hamden: Archon, 1969. Print.
- Shaara, Jeff (2017), The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War. New York: Ballantine Books.
British Commonwealth
Belgium
China
Ethiopia
India
South Korea
United States
- Conway-Lanz, Sahr (2006). Collateral Damage: Americans, Noncombatant Immunity, and Atrocity after World War II. New York: Routledge. ISBN
- Cumings, Bruce (2011). The Korean War: A History. New York (N.Y.): Random House Inc. ISBN
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.
Unit history