From the Book - First edition.
Pt. 1. The war. Liberation and division ; Two Koreas ; Momentous decisions ; War for the South ; Uncommon coalition ; Crossing the 38th parallel ; An entirely new war ; Quest for victory ; The stalemate ; "Let them march till they die" ; Propaganda wars ; Armistice, at last
Pt. 2. Cold War. Lessons of Korea ; Deepening the revolution ; Korea and Vietnam
Pt. 3. Local war. Legitimacy wars ; Old allies, new friends ; War for peace ; End of an era
Pt. 4. After the Cold War. North Korea and the world ; Winners and losers
Epilogue. China's rise, war's end?
Pt. 1. The war. Liberation and division: End of empire ; Red army in Korea ; General Hodge goes to Korea
Two Koreas: Failed revolution ; Yosu, Sunch'on, and Cheju-do
Momentous decisions: War drums ; Endgame
War for the South: Desperate days ; War for the North ; Savage war
Uncommon coalition: Integrating an army ; Common cause
Crossing the 38th parallel: Lessons of history ; Pilgrimage to Wake ; "If war is inevitable, let it be waged now" ; First strike
An entirely new war: "Defeat with dignity and good grace" ; December massacres ; "Revolt of the primitives" ; Wrong Way Ridgway ; Lost chances
Quest for victory: The general and the statesman ; Spring offensive ; Magnificent Glosters ; Victory denied?
The stalemate: Truce talks ; Voluntary repatriation
"Let them march till they die": Death march ; Valley Camp to Camp 5 ; Camp 10 ; Camp 12 ; Return of the defeated
Propaganda wars: Tunnel war ; American bugs ; Koje-do
Armistice, at last: "I shall go to Korea" ; Death of a dictator ; Divided nation
Pt. 2. Cold War. Lessons of Korea: Feminized nation ; The "Never again club" ; The Geneva Conference ; Eisenhower's warning
Deepening the revolution: The tragic demise of Peng Dehuai ; Khrushchev, Korea, and Vietnam
Korea and Vietnam: Lyndon B. Johnson, refighting the Korean War ; Park Chung Hee's crusade
Pt. 3. Local war. Legitimacy wars: August purge ; Military line ; The blue house raid and the Pueblo incident ; Confessions
Old allies, new friends: Tensions between allies ; Opening to China
War for peace: Withdrawal ; Backlash ; To Seoul
End of an era: Kwangju uprising ; Students and the politics of legitimacy
Pt. 4. After the Cold War. North Korea and the world: Shutdown ; Defueling crisis ; Accord
Winners and losers: Triumph and forgiveness ; The North Korean famine ; Gulag nation
Epilogue. China's rise, war's end?
