On Desperate Ground: The Epic Story of Chosin Reservoir--the Greatest Battle of the Korean War

by: Hampton Sides

A chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War. This a book for anyone interested in the Cold War, President Harry Truman, Douglas Macarthur, Mao Zedong. The U.S. Marine Corps, North and South Korea, or China.