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• catalog abstract "Now, during the 40th anniversary of the Korean War, distinguished historian D. Clayton James offers a brilliant reinterpretation of that conflict. Focusing on the critical issue of command, he shows how the Korean War is a key to understanding American decision-making in all military encounters since World War II. Korea, the first of America's limited wars to stem the tide of world communism, was fought on unfamiliar terrain and against peasant soldiers and would become. A template for subsequent American military engagements, especially Vietnam. And yet, the strategic and tactical doctrines employed in Korea, as well as the weapons and equipment, were largely left over from World War II. Each time a war is fought, D. Clayton James reveals, the lessons of the last war are applied in the new context, whether or not they are appropriate to the changed circumstances. James, the master biographer of MacArthur, uses studies of military crises. To examine the American high command in the Korean War. He explores the roles, leadership, personalities, and prejudices of five key commanders - President Harry S. Truman; Generals Douglas MacArthur, Matthew B. Ridgway, and Mark W. Clark; and Admiral C. Turner Joy - and then looks at six crucial issues confronting them in that conflict. From the decision made by Truman, without congsessional approval, to commit United States forces to combat in Korea, to MacArthur's. Persistent fight for approval of his dangerous plan to assault Inchon, to the judgment to finally open truce negotiations, these turning points illuminate the American way of command in wartime. James analyzes the ground-level results and long-term implications of each choice, and sensitively explores the course that might had followed if other options had been taken. Probing the nature and consequences of these military resolutions, James shows how the conduct of the. Korean War, like every new war, bears the imprint of the preceding one. In Korea, fortunately, the influence of State Department planners on military policy and strategy limited the full effect of World War II's legacy and the total destruction it portended.".
• catalog contributor b3904572.
• catalog contributor b3904573.
• catalog created "1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
• catalog description "A template for subsequent American military engagements, especially Vietnam. And yet, the strategic and tactical doctrines employed in Korea, as well as the weapons and equipment, were largely left over from World War II. Each time a war is fought, D. Clayton James reveals, the lessons of the last war are applied in the new context, whether or not they are appropriate to the changed circumstances. James, the master biographer of MacArthur, uses studies of military crises.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-263) and index.".
• catalog description "Korean War, like every new war, bears the imprint of the preceding one. In Korea, fortunately, the influence of State Department planners on military policy and strategy limited the full effect of World War II's legacy and the total destruction it portended.".
• catalog description "Now, during the 40th anniversary of the Korean War, distinguished historian D. Clayton James offers a brilliant reinterpretation of that conflict. Focusing on the critical issue of command, he shows how the Korean War is a key to understanding American decision-making in all military encounters since World War II. Korea, the first of America's limited wars to stem the tide of world communism, was fought on unfamiliar terrain and against peasant soldiers and would become.".
• catalog description "Persistent fight for approval of his dangerous plan to assault Inchon, to the judgment to finally open truce negotiations, these turning points illuminate the American way of command in wartime. James analyzes the ground-level results and long-term implications of each choice, and sensitively explores the course that might had followed if other options had been taken. Probing the nature and consequences of these military resolutions, James shows how the conduct of the.".
• catalog description "Prologue: The last war revisited -- pt. 1. The senior commanders: Truman : the right thing to do. MacArthur : the flawed military genius. Ridgway : from wolfhound to Koje-Do. Admiral Joy : commander and negotiator. Clark : the fading of glory -- pt. 2. The key command decisions: Sending Americans to fight in Korea. MacArthurs grand obsession : Inchon. The liberation of North Korea. MacArthur's dare is called. Try for victory or settle for an armistice? From total to limited war.".
• catalog description "To examine the American high command in the Korean War. He explores the roles, leadership, personalities, and prejudices of five key commanders - President Harry S. Truman; Generals Douglas MacArthur, Matthew B. Ridgway, and Mark W. Clark; and Admiral C. Turner Joy - and then looks at six crucial issues confronting them in that conflict. From the decision made by Truman, without congsessional approval, to commit United States forces to combat in Korea, to MacArthur's.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 282 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Refighting the last war.".
• catalog identifier "0029160014 :".
• catalog isFormatOf "Refighting the last war.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
• catalog relation "Refighting the last war.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "951.904/2 20".
• catalog subject "Command decisions.".
• catalog subject "DS918 .J36 1992".
• catalog subject "Korean War, 1950-1953 Campaigns.".
• catalog subject "Korean War, 1950-1953 United States.".
• catalog subject "Military art and science Decision making.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: The last war revisited -- pt. 1. The senior commanders: Truman : the right thing to do. MacArthur : the flawed military genius. Ridgway : from wolfhound to Koje-Do. Admiral Joy : commander and negotiator. Clark : the fading of glory -- pt. 2. The key command decisions: Sending Americans to fight in Korea. MacArthurs grand obsession : Inchon. The liberation of North Korea. MacArthur's dare is called. Try for victory or settle for an armistice? From total to limited war.".
• catalog title "Refighting the last war : command and crisis in Korea, 1950-1953 / D. Clayton James, with Anne Sharp Wells.".
• catalog type "text".