Books in the Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series series

A study of combat preparedness in the Eighth Army from 1949 to the outbreak of hostilities in 1950. It concedes that the US soldiers sent to Korea suffered gaps in their professional preparation, from missing and broken equipment to unevenly trained leaders at every level of command.

Tells the story of General MacArthur's November 1950 attack to the Yalu River, an attack that was repulsed by 200,000 Chinese 'volunteer' infantry.

Thomas E. Alexander served for a number of years in the elite Strategic Air Command, designed as a primary deterrent to Soviet military ambitions. In this gripping memoir, Alexander presents 'an honest and reflective account of the impact the Cold War had on individuals who were then on the front lines of defense - like it or not.'