Library Guides: Korean War: Books

LC Subject Headings

Many books on the topic will be under the following subject headings or their narrower terms. There are a multitude of considerations when discussing the Korean War, from intelligence, to the aerial campaign, to the political aspects of the war and the multiple nations involved.

Sample Books in the Main Collection

The Korean War, 1950-53

Author: Brian Catchpole

Published: 2000

ISBN: 0786707801

Call number: DS918 .C38 2000

Drawing the line : the Korean War, 1950-1953

Author: Richard Whelan

Published: 1990

ISBN: 0316934038

Call number: DS918 .W46 1990

The Korean conflict

Author: Burton I. Kaufman

Published: 1999

ISBN: 0313299099

Call number: DS918 .K39 1999

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Sample Books in the Main Collection (cont.)

War in peacetime; the history and lessons of Korea

Author: J. Lawton Collins

Published: 1969

Call number: DS918 .C62

The Korean War : the West confronts communism

Author: Michael Hickey

Published: 2000

ISBN: 1585670359

Call number: DS918.8 .H53 2000

Breakout : the Chosin Reservoir campaign, Korea 1950

Author: Martin Russ

Published: 1999

ISBN: 0880642319

Call number: DS918.2.C35 R87 1999