List of books about the Korean War

This is a list of books about the Korean War.

Campaigns and battles

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* Russ, Martin. ''Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950'', Penguin, 2000, 464 pages,
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Combat studies

Air combat

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* Hallion, Richard P. ''The Naval Air War in Korea'' (1986).
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* 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): 451–76. Print.
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Ground combat

* Flanagan, E.M. Jr., ''Airborne – 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

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Logistics

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Naval combat

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Psychological warfare

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Strategy

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* Ohn, Chang-Il. "The Korean War of 1950–1953: U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Strategy." Revue Internationale D'histoire Militaire 70 (1988): 211–41. Print.
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Cultural impact

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Encyclopedia and reference work

* Brune, Lester and Robin Higham, eds., ''The Korean War: Handbook of the Literature and Research'' (Greenwood Press, 1994)
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* 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)
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* Matray, James I. (ed.) ''Historical Dictionary of the Korean War.'' Greenwood Press, 1991. 626 pp.
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* 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
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* Millett, Allan R. "The Korean War: A 50 Year Critical Historiography," ''Journal of Strategic Studies'' 24 (March 2001), pp. 188–224. full text in Ingenta and Ebsco
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* Sandler, Stanley ed., ''The Korean War: An Encyclopedia'' (Garland, 1995)
* Summers, Harry G. ''Korean War Almanac'' (1990)

Leaders

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* James, D. Clayton ''The Years of MacArthur: Triumph and Disaster, 1945–1964'' (1985), scholarly biography of MacArthur
* James, D. Clayton with Anne Sharp Wells, ''Refighting the Last War: Command and Crises in Korea, 1950–1953'' (1993)
* Leitich, Keith. ''Shapers of the Great Debate on the Korean War: A Biographical Dictionary'' (2006) covers Americans only
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Official history

British Commonwealth

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* O'Neil, Robert, ''Australia in the Korean War 1950–53'' (2 vols). Australian War Memorial and the Australian Government Publishing Service, 1981 and 1985.
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North Korea

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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, 1950–1953,'' 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, 1950–1953,'' 5 vols. (Washington: Historical Branch, G-3, Headquarters, Marine Corps, 1954–72)
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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.
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* Matthew B. Ridgway, ''The Korean War'' (1967).
* Millett, Allan R. ''Their War for Korea: American, Asian, and European Combatants and Civilians, 1945–1953.'' Brassey's, 2003. 310 pp.
* Toland, John. ''In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950–1953'' (1991)
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* Watson, Brent Byron. ''Far Eastern Tour: The Canadian Infantry in Korea, 1950–1953.'' 2002. 256 pp.
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Origins, politics, diplomacy

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* Carpenter, William M. "The Korean War: A Strategic Perspective Thirty Years Later." Comparative Strategy 2.4 (1980): 335–53. Print.
* Casey, Steven. Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion in the United States, 1950–1953. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008. Print.
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* Foot, Rosemary, "Making Known the Unknown War: Policy Analysis of the Korean Conflict in the Last Decade," ''Diplomatic History'' 15 (Summer 1991): 411–31, in JSTOR
* Foot, Rosemary. The Wrong War: American Policy and the Dimensions of the Korean Conflict, 1950–1953. 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).
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* 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), 314–33
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* Millett, Allan R. ''The War for Korea, 1945–1950: 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
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Overview

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* Hickey, Michael, ''The Korean War: The West Confronts Communism, 1950–1953'' (London: John Murray, 1999)
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* O'Ballance, Edgar. Korea: 1950–1953. Hamden: Archon, 1969. Print.
* Shaara, Jeff (2017), ''The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War''. New York: Ballantine Books. .
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China

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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.
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