Joseph Wheelan

The Farthest Valley

Escaping the Chinese Trap at the Chosin Reservoir

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Produktbeschreibung

It has become the stuff of legend and is brilliantly brought to life in this book through first-hand accounts by Joseph Wheelan, himself the son of a Chosin veteran.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 147mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 614g
• ISBN-13: 9781472859792
• ISBN-10: 1472859790
• Artikelnr.: 69669237

Autorenporträt

Joseph Wheelan is the author of ten books about 19th- and 20th-century American history including Midnight in the Pacific (2017), Bloody Okinawa (2020) and Bitter Peleliu (2022). Previously, he was an editor and reporter for The Associated Press for 24 years. He lives in Cary, North Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Acronyms
Prologue
Part I: Prelude to Chosin
Chapter 1: West of Chosin Reservoir
Part II: The March Upcountry
Chapter 2: The Chinese Menace
Chapter 3: The March North
Chapter 4: Arctic Cold Arrives
Chapter 5: The Chinese Prepare to Attack
Part III: The Trap Closes
Chapter 6: A Night to Remember
Chapter 7: The Longest Night
Chapter 8: Fox Hill
Chapter 9: East of Chosin Reservoir
Chapter 10: Out on a Limb
Chapter 11: Fox Hill Surrounded
Chapter 12: Hagaru-ri
Chapter 13: Surrounded, Losing Hope
Chapter 14: Hellfire Valley
Chapter 15: The Airfield
Chapter 16: The Chinese Destroy a Regiment
Chapter 17: Yudam-ni and Fox Hill
Chapter 18: The Relief of Fox Company
Chapter 19: Entering Hagaru-ri
Part IV: The March to the Sea
Chapter 20: Readying the Breakout
Chapter 21: Hagaru-ri to Koto-ri
Chapter 22: Koto-ri
Chapter 23: The Bridge
Chapter 24: The Last Furlong
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

Joseph Wheelan delivers a riveting telling of the heroic fighting withdrawal of the 1st Marine Division from the Chosen Reservoir under what were arguably the most challenging combat conditions imaginable… A must-read for Marine enthusiasts and lovers of history.