The Korean War

An Annotated Bibliography

Keith D. McFarland

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781135223946
• Edition: 2
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

The Korean War is the most comprehensive and detailed bibliography compiled to date on the American involvement in "The Forgotten War." In this revised and expanded second edition, Keith D. McFarland's clearly written annotations provide concise descriptions of more than 2, 600 of the most important books, articles, and documents written in English on the conflict in Korea. Key topics include origins of the war; the political and military roles of North and South Korea, the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Turkey, and other United Nations members; campaigns and battles; weapons and uniforms; and the military and diplomatic aspects of the war. Specific subjects are easy to find using the index organized by topic and author, making The Korean War a necessity for every academic or research library.

Subject index

A

A-bombs see atomic weapons

accounts of war, general 156–233

Acheson, Dean 99, 157, 179, 338, 511, 520, 530, 542, 543, 554, 560, 597, 1832, 2484, 2501

January 1950 speech 304, 430, 447

Japanese policy 541

on truce talks 2044

Adventist Medical Corps 1892

Ahnen, Bill 938

Air Forces

Australia 1524, 1535

Canada 1523, 1537

China 1727

Great Britain 1577, 1586

Greece 1610

Historical Foundation Symposium 2529

South Africa 1496, 1614

United Nations 1496

United States see U.S. Air Force

website 2548, 2549

see also aircraft

air reconnaissance process, intelligence gathering 582, 590, 591, 594

Air Rescue Service (ARS) 1836, 1839, 1840

aircraft

bombers 1049, 1108

Corsairs 1052, 1103, 1293

Fighters, Fairey Firefly/Fury 1569

general-purpose bombs 915

Jet Panthers 1149

MiG 15s 983, 1008, 1040, 1056, 1058, 1061, 1063, 1089, 1090, 1094, 1096, 1098, 1100, 1661

“mosquitoes” 740, 1029, 1032

Mustangs 998, 1001, 1104, 1106, 1526

Sabre jets 1003, 1008, 1033, 1053, 1072, 1089, 1090, 1094, 1096, 1496, 1941

specific types

AD Skyraiders 1052

B-26 bombers 1049, 1108

B-29 Superfortress 633, 1020, 1087, 1088, 1092, 1093, 1158, 1340

C-46s 1099

C-47s 1099, 1108, 1305

C-54s 1099

C-119s 1099, 1305

C-124 aircraft 1079

E-94B all-weather fighter 1001

F-4U Corsairs 1052, 1103

F-51 Mustangs 998, 1104, 1106, 1526

F-80 Shooting Stars 998, 1073, 1091, 1105, 1106

F-82 “Twin Mustang” 1001

F-84 Thunderjet 1023, 1106...

Table of contents

• Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Korean War Chronology
• I Reference Works
• II General Accounts of the War
• III Background to the War
• IV The Attack and the U.S. Decision to Intervene
• V U.S.–U.N. Wartime Policy and Decision Making
• VI Raising and Training U.S. Armed Forces
• VII U.S. Army in Korea
• VIII U.S. Air Force
• IX U.S. Navy
• X U.S. Marines
• XI Military Support Services
• XII The United Nations and the War
• XIII South Korea, North Korea, Chinese and Soviet Forces
• XIV The Truman–MacArthur Controversy
• XV Military Medicine
• XVI Prisoners of War
• XVII Peace Negotiations and the Armistice
• XVIII Korea During the War
• XIX Post-War Korea
• XX U.S. Homefront
• XXI The Media and the War
• XXII Literature
• XXIII Critiques, Analyses, Consquences and Legacies
• XXIV Web Based Sources
• Author Index
• Subject index