This Monstrous War

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This is the first time this book is appearing in the United States. According to Gavan McCormack, “in the United States the entire consignment of the book (500 copies) was seized by US Customs and dumped in the sea on its arrival in that country late in the same year (1953), and as a result no major American library possesses a copy to this day.” PUBLISHER’S NOTE ................................................................ 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 3 1. BACKGROUND TO LIBERATION................................... 5 2. LIBERATION .................................................................... 16 3. LIBERATION OR OCCUPATION? .................................. 33 4. KOREA DIVIDED ............................................................. 48 5. BACKGROUND TO WAR................................................. 62 6. GATHERING CLOUDS ..................................................... 77 7. THE STORM BREAKS ...................................................... 86 8. ENTER – THE CHINESE VOLUNTEERS...................... 100 9. FIRST STEPS TO PEACE................................................ 123 10. GANGSTER DIPLOMACY ............................................. 139 11. FRONTLINE BATTLES FOR PEACE ............................ 152 12. TACTICS AND TRICKERY ............................................ 161 13. THE DEMARCATION LINE ........................................... 173 14. THE BATTLE OF DETAILS ........................................... 186 15. PRISONERS OF WAR ..................................................... 197 16. THE AGONY OF KOJE ................................................... 214 17. THE MICROBE WAR ...................................................... 236 18. STRIKING THE BALANCE ............................................ 252 PHOTOS.................................................................................. 262