The Korean War History in an Hour, Andrew Mulholland
The Korean War History in an Hour, Andrew Mulholland
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The Korean War: History in an Hour

Author: Andrew Mulholland

Narrator: Jonathan Keeble

Unabridged: 2 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/05/2013

Synopsis

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Bringing together the military mights of the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United Nations States, the Korean War raged for three years from 1950 to 1953. Not only the result of a carving of Korean territories following the Pacific conflicts of the Second World War, it was also a battle of ideologies as General MacArthur’s American military forces occupied the southern half and Stalin’s Soviet forced supported the northern half. Initiated by infantry movements and air raids, the region gradually became mired in a static trench war by July 1951, and would continue to cost both sides in both morale and human lives. The Korean War: History in an Hour is the concise story to one of the most bitter and enduring conflicts of the post-war era.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dr. Appu on September 12, 2023

The Korean war was from 1950-1953. It was a war involving North and South Korea and the Soviet Union, China, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Andrew Mulholland has done a great job in giving a vivid picture of this “Forgotten War.” ————————————————————————— You can also follow me on In......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on June 05, 2017

Interesting short recap of some important historical events.......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on September 20, 2015

An interesting overview, but not very well written. Grammar and syntax were about on the level of a 9th or 10th grade English student who just got a new thesaurus. Many times the writer's personal opinions about the war were evident by his writing, which isn't necessarily good or bad - just know the......more

Goodreads review by Lukasz on September 14, 2019

O wojnie w Korei bardzo mało wiedziałem. Poznałem kiedyż Amerykanina, którego ojciec walczył w tej wojnie, wiem z relacji mojego znajomego, że udział w wojnie pozostawił trwały ślad na psychice jego ojca. Po tej lekturze muszę stwierdzić, że była to naprawdę dość instensywna wojna. Pochłonęła w ciąg......more

Goodreads review by Robert on September 24, 2017

I bought for my daughter to help with her GCSE History curriculum (The Korean War seems to be absent from most of the study guides), but thought i'd give it a go. I know nothing about the Korean War and I therefore have no benchmark for testing the accuracy of the information in the book, but I found......more

Quotes

‘If the past is a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and diverse continent of our shared past.’ Dominic Sandbrook ‘The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In an Hour idea brings it back up to date for the digital age. Colley writes in an attractively readable style, and manages to convey the huge story that is WWII in a logical and accessible manner’ Andrew Roberts, Bookseller ‘This is genius’ MacWorld.com

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