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On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War’s Greatest Battle

byHampton Sides

On Desperate Ground is Hampton Sides's historical account of the Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War’s Greatest Battle. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the connected fields of history and technology & engineering. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. Together, these elements make On Desperate Ground an accessible guide to the subject and the questions it continues to raise.

Publisher

Anchor

Publication date

Oct 29, 2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

432

ISBN

9781101971215