The nice thing is you can get a quick overview without getting bogged down in a lot of details. Concise, objective and insightful. Didnt seem to be opinionated, no political axe to grind.

If you are a war buff, or simply want to understand just what happened there, this is a good summation. Provides a good start to understanding the key milestones of the war.

The author is delusional, poorly educated, and this should not be a first resource for anyone. The book is a short cliffnotes pamphlet about the korean war that should be entitled an monthly history. Along with other comically biased, historically ina...  Read More

This gives a good overview of the surrounding events and world situation, but too little on the war itself. The author attempts to make a backward claim that western racism fueled unjust contempt for japan. This book is written from a communist or soc...  Read More