Blood on the Hills

Blood on the Hills
Author: David Jay Bercuson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780802085160

Covering training, manning, equipment, and combat efforts, this is first full non-offical history of the Canadian Army's operations from the summer of 1950 to the ceasefire of 1953.

Far Eastern Tour

Far Eastern Tour
Author: Brent Byron Watson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2002-08-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 077357025X

Using rigorous archival research and oral accounts, Far Eastern Tour follows the experiences of Canadian soldiers from the time they responded to the government's call to arms to the indifferent reaction to their homecoming a year later. Dealing with the fiasco surrounding recruitment, an inappropriate training regime, and the stark living and combat conditions, Brent Watson examines the human consequences of an army that was totally unprepared for service in the Far East.

Canada and the Korean War

Canada and the Korean War
Author: Canada. Dept. of National Defence. Directorate of History and Heritage
Publisher: Vanwell Pub Limited
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9782920718852

Following in the footsteps of previous commemorative histories, this book looks at the Canadian participation in the Korean War, The Forgotten War. Without resorting to fiction, this "unofficial" history looks at a "sour little war" through the eyes of the proverbial old soldier or old salt, as well as those more serious men who rightly occupy the front and center of the stage.

A War of Patrols

A War of Patrols
Author: William Johnston
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0774841060

In June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. Responding to a United Nations' call, Canada deployed an 8000-man brigade to the peninsula to fight as part of an American-led UN force. This comprehensive account of the Canadian campaign in Korea provides the first detailed study of the training, leadership, operations, and tactics of the brigade under each of its three wartime commanders as well as its relationship with American and Commonwealth allies. This impeccably researched analytical history also examines the various units, from the "Special Force" to the army's regular battalions that replaced them.

Unbound in War

Unbound in War
Author: Sean Richmond
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2021
Genre: History
ISBN: 1487503466

This book tells the story of how two of America's closest allies, Canada and Britain, have sought to reconcile their security concerns with their legal obligations during two of the most significant international conflicts since the Second World War.

Fearing the Worst

Fearing the Worst
Author: Samuel F. Wells Jr.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2019-11-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0231549946

After World War II, the escalating tensions of the Cold War shaped the international system. Fearing the Worst explains how the Korean War fundamentally changed postwar competition between the United States and the Soviet Union into a militarized confrontation that would last decades. Samuel F. Wells Jr. examines how military and political events interacted to escalate the conflict. Decisions made by the Truman administration in the first six months of the Korean War drove both superpowers to intensify their defense buildup. American leaders feared the worst-case scenario—that Stalin was prepared to start World War III—and raced to build up strategic arms, resulting in a struggle they did not seek out or intend. Their decisions stemmed from incomplete interpretations of Soviet and Chinese goals, especially the belief that China was a Kremlin puppet. Yet Stalin, Mao, and Kim Il-sung all had their own agendas, about which the United States lacked reliable intelligence. Drawing on newly available documents and memoirs—including previously restricted archives in Russia, China, and North Korea—Wells analyzes the key decision points that changed the course of the war. He also provides vivid profiles of the central actors as well as important but lesser known figures. Bringing together studies of military policy and diplomacy with the roles of technology, intelligence, and domestic politics in each of the principal nations, Fearing the Worst offers a new account of the Korean War and its lasting legacy.

The Korean War

The Korean War
Author: Wada Haruki
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2018-03-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1538116421

This classic history of the Korean War—from its origins through the armistice—is now available in a paperback edition including a substantive introduction that considers the heightened danger of a new Northeast Asian war as Trump and Kim Jong-un escalate their rhetoric. Wada Haruki, one of the world’s leading scholars of the war, draws on archival and other primary sources in Russia, China, the United States, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan to provide the first full understanding of the Korean War as an international conflict from the perspective of all the actors involved. Wada traces the North Korean invasion of South Korea in riveting detail, providing new insights into the behavior of Kim Il Sung and Syngman Rhee. He also provides new insights into the behavior of Communist leaders in Korea, China, Russia, Eastern Europe, and their rivals in other nations. He traces the course of the war from its origins in the North and South Korean leaders’ failed attempts to unify their country by force, ultimately escalating into a Sino-American war on the Korean Peninsula. Although sixty-five years have passed since the armistice, the Korean conflict has never really ended. Tensions remain high on the peninsula as Washington and Pyongyang, as well as Seoul and Pyongyang, continue to face off. It is even more timely now to address the origins of the Korean War, the nature of the confrontation, and the ways in which it affects the geopolitical landscape of Northeast Asia and the Pacific region. With his unmatched ability to draw on sources from every country involved, Wada paints a rich and full portrait of a conflict that continues to generate controversy.

After the Korean War

After the Korean War
Author: Heonik Kwon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2020-04-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108487920

The first comprehensive analysis of the Korean War and its enduring legacies through the lenses of intimate human and social experience.

From the Tundra to the Trenches

From the Tundra to the Trenches
Author: Eddy Weetaltuk
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2017-02-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0887555349

“My name is Weetaltuk; Eddy Weetaltuk. My Eskimo tag name is E9-422.” So begins From the Tundra to the Trenches. Weetaltuk means “innocent eyes” in Inuktitut, but to the Canadian government, he was known as E9-422: E for Eskimo, 9 for his community, 422 to identify Eddy. In 1951, Eddy decided to leave James Bay. Because Inuit weren’t allowed to leave the North, he changed his name and used this new identity to enlist in the Canadian Forces: Edward Weetaltuk, E9-422, became Eddy Vital, SC-17515, and headed off to fight in the Korean War. In 1967, after fifteen years in the Canadian Forces, Eddy returned home. He worked with Inuit youth struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, and, in 1974, started writing his life’s story. This compelling memoir traces an Inuk’s experiences of world travel and military service. Looking back on his life, Weetaltuk wanted to show young Inuit that they can do and be what they choose. From the Tundra to the Trenches is the fourth book in the First Voices, First Texts series, which publishes lost or underappreciated texts by Indigenous writers. This new English edition of Eddy Weetaltuk’s memoir includes a foreword and appendix by Thibault Martin and an introduction by Isabelle St-Amand.