The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (108 page)
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Authors: David Halberstam
Tags: #History, #Politics, #bought-and-paid-for, #Non-Fiction, #War
resources diverted to
rumors about
success of
as turning point
Wolmi-do (Moon Tip) Island
Indochina:
colonial war in
and France
U.S. military aid for
In Min Gun,
see
North Korean People’s Army
Inmon, Cletis
Iran
James, Clayton
James, Jack
James, Jesse
Japan:
atomic bombs dropped on
and China
and Korea
MacArthur in
as military force
modernization of
possible entry into the war
postwar
and Russia
surrender of
U.S. occupation of
U.S. public interest in
U.S. rearmament of
vulnerability in Cold War
and World War I
and World War II
Japanese Peace Treaty
Jenner, William
Jenson, Lloyd
Jessup, Phillip
Jeter, John
Johnson, Harold (Johnny)
Johnson, Louis A.
and China
and defense budgets
and onset of war
political ambitions of
resignation of
and Truman’s election
and VFW speech
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Johnston, Olin
Joint Chiefs of Staff:
and expansion of war
and Inchon
and MacArthur
and military needs
and onset of war
and Taiwan
weakness of
Jones, Alan
Joy, Turner
Judd, Ben
Judd, Walter
Kades, Charles
Kaganovich, Lazar
Kane, Bob
Kang Pan Sok
Kapaun, Father Emil
Kapsan Group
Kaufman, Loren
Kearney, Jean
Keating, Frank
Keiser, Laurence (Dutch)
at Kunuri
at Pusan Perimeter
relieved of command
and Second Infantry Division
and Walker
Keith, John
Kelland, Clarence Buddington
Kem, James
Kempton, Murray
Kennan, George F.
as ambassador to Yugoslavia
and expanson of war
and MacArthur
and onset of war
as Sovietologist
and State Department
and warnings of enemy movement
Kennedy, John F.
Kenney, George
Khrushchev, Nikita
Kies, Robert
Kim Hyong Jik
Kim Il Sung
background of
and China
and cult of personality
and Inchon
and North Korean invasion
as North Korean president
politicization of
and Pusan assault
and Seoul
and Soviet Union
unified Korea as goal of
war miscalculations of
Kim Jong Il
Kimpo Airfield
Kingseed, Cole
Kluckhohn, Frank
Kluttz, Bill
Knowland, William
Kohlberg, Alfred
Koo, Wellington
Korea:
before and after hostilities (maps)
division of
and Japan
Kapsan Group in
modernization in
strong neighbors of
unification of
U.S. lack of interest in
winter cold in
Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG)
Korean War:
armed truce following
as border crossing vs. civil war
casualties in
cease-fire proposals
and Cold War
effects of
ending
map
expansion of
as limited war
museum of
nature of
onset of
possible use of atomic bombs in
press reports of
public lack of interest in
and U.S. politics
veterans of
warnings ignored about
Kovalev, Ivan
Krueger, Walter
Krulak, Victor
Kung, H. H.
Kunuri
map
chaos in
retreat from
map
trying to make up for
Ladd, Fred
Lambert, Tom
Landon, Alf
Landrum, Eugene
Laney, Ben
Laquer, Walter
Lardner, Ring, Jr.
Larsen, Swede
Lawrence, James
Lee, Arthur
Lee, Clark
Lee, Robert E.
Lee Sang Cho
Lehman, Herbert
Lei Yingfu
Leonov, Leonid
Leviero, Tony
Lewis, John
Liddell Hart, B. H.
Life
Lilienthal, David
Lin Biao
Lincoln, Abraham
Lippmann, Walter
Little Big Horn
Litzenberg, Homer
Li Zhisui
Lobo, Arnold
Lodge, Henry Cabot
Loeb, William
Lombardo, Tom
Long, Huey
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt
Lovett, Robert A.
Lucas, Jim
Lucas, Scott
Luce, Clare Boothe
Luce, Henry
Ludden, Ray
Lynch, Mike:
and MacArthur
and Ridgway
and Walker
M*A*S*H
(film)
MacArthur, Arthur:
anti-Americanism of
career decline of
ego of
influence on his son
marriage to Pinky
military career of
in Philippines
self-destructive behavior of
and Taft
MacArthur, Douglas:
as addicted to fame
age and health of
Bataan abandoned by
birth and childhood of
and Bonus Army
bribery of
career ups and downs of
censorship of news by
and Chiang
and Chinese Communists
on Chinese entry into the war
command control seized by
death of
decline of
disrespect for Asian enemy
ego of
escape from Philippines
failure to salute president
fired by Truman
following his own agenda
and his father
and his mother
HQ of,
see
Tokyo headquarters as icon
