Ulam, Adam
Uncertain Partners: Stalin, Mao, and the Korean War (Goncharov et al.)
United Nations (UN):
Air Force of
and China
and North Korean invasion
; map
troops committed by
troops crossing border
; map
see also U.S. Army; U.S. Marines
United States:
armed forces of, see U.S. Army; U.S.
Marines; U.S. Navy atomic weapons of
Chinese views about
as colonial power
complex politics in
constitutional crisis in
defense budgets of
diminished credibility of
domestic politics vs. national security in
entry into the war
imperialist
as international power
intra-service rivalries in
and national security
postwar prosperity of
racism in
slow to react to invasion
war production of
Unsan
Chinese ambush at
defensive perimeter at
Eighth Cavalry Division at
engagement at; map
first encounter with Chinese at; map
men abandoned at
U.S. POWs taken at
as warning, unheeded
Untalan, Guillermo
Urban, Lester (Peanut)
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army:
advancing north
map
Army War College
black units in
bonds of loyalty in
and Bonus Army
Case Board of
casualties of
decline of
dependent on wheels
doing the right thing in
early celebrations of
Eighth Army
Eighth Cavalry Division
Eighth Cavalry Regiment
Fifteenth Infantry Regiment
Fifth Cavalry Division
fighting men transformed in
First Cavalry Division
home for Christmas
and Inchon
intelligence reports ignored by
leadership built in
Love Company
map
Never Again Club
Ninety-second Division
Ninth Regiment
officer promotions in
poor leadership in
poorly equipped
poorly positioned
poorly trained
post-World War II demobilization of
as POWs
racism in
recruitment for
retreating south
map
map
map
Second Combat Engineers
Second Infantry Division
Seventh Division
Task Force Crombez
map
Task Force Smith
map
Tenth Corps
Thirty-fourth Regiment
Twenty-first Regiment
Twenty-fourth Division
Twenty-seventh Regiment Wolfhounds
Twenty-third Regiment
unprepared for battle
veterans of
war aims unclear in
weapons of
and winter cold
U.S. Marines:
and budget cuts
at Chosin Reservoir
map
retreat south
map
Congressional Medals of Honor awarded to
drive to Seoul
map
First Division
at Inchon
in Japan
leadership in
at Peleliu
at Pusan Perimeter
at Sudong
Tenth Corps
in World War II
at Yongsan
U.S. Navy:
at Inchon
intelligence activities in
Seventh Fleet
and Wonsan
and World War
U.S. News
Vails, Maxwell
Valdez (pilot)
Vandenberg, Arthur
Vandenberg, Hoyt
Van Fleet, James
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Vietnam War
escalation of
nation divided by
skewed intelligence in
and U.S. politics
Villa, Pancho
Vincent, John Carter
Wake Island meeting
Walker, Ansil
Walker, Forest
Walker, Sam Wilson
Walker, Walton (Johnnie)
and Almond
death of
as Eighth Army commander
and MacArthur
military career of
and the press
at Pusan Perimeter
pushing north
retreating south
shortages experienced by
split command of
tenacity of
vulnerability of
at western front
Wallace, Henry
Wallace, Jessie
Wallace, Madge Gates
Walsh, Jim
Walsh, Robert
Walters, Vernon
Warner, Denis
Webb, James
Webster, Wilbur
Wedemeyer, Albert
Weeks, John
West, Carleton
West, Mike
West, Vaughn
West, William
Wherry, Kenneth
White, George
White, Theodore
White, William Allen
Whitney, Courtney
Willkie, Wendell
Willoughby, Charles
and Almond
Chinese presence discounted by
control of intelligence by
enemy underrated by
and HUAC
intelligence skewed by
and Joint Chiefs
and MacArthur
narrow focus of
OSS and CIA hated by
Wilson, Laron
Wilson, Tom
Wilson, Woodrow
Winchell, Walter
Wise, Luther
Wisner, Frank
Wolfe, James
Wonju
Wonsan, amphibious landing at
Wood, Bill (Hawk)
Wood, Robert
World War I:
Bonus Army veterans of
MacArthur in
Paris Peace Conference
World War:
airpower in
and atomic bombs
Bataan
Battle of the Bulge
domestic effects of
end of
everything done right in
Italian campaign in
Japan in
lessons of
MacArthur in
Pacific War in
Pearl Harbor attack
Peleliu
postwar prosperity
and Potsdam meeting
Soviet Union in
Truman Committee in
unifying purpose in
U.S. Army in
U.S. Marines in
veterans of
Western slowness to react in
Wright, Pinky
Wyrick, William
Xue Litae
Yang Jingyu
Yeh, George
Yoo Sung Chul
Yudin, Pavel
Zacherle, Alarich
Zakharov, Matvei
Zhai Chengwen
Zhai Junwu
Zhou Enlai
Zimmermann, Warren
About the Author
David Halberstam was one of America’s most distinguished journalists and historians. After graduating fro
m Harvard in 1955, he covered the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement, then was sent overseas by the New York Times to report on the war in Vietnam. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his Vietnam reporting at the age of 30. His last fourteen books (which include THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST and Hyperion’s FIREHOUSE and TEAMMATES) have all been New York Times bestsellers.
Other books by DAVID HALBERSTAM
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Ho
The Best and the Brightest
The Powers That Be
The Reckoning
The Breaks of the Game
The Amateurs
Summer of ’49
The Next Century
The Fifties
October 1964
The Children
Playing for Keeps
War in a Time of Peace
Firehouse
The Teammates
The Education of a Coach
Copyright
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