Foreword 9
Prologue: Task Force Smith 15
1. Origins of a Tragedy 23
2. Invasion 46
3. The West's Riposte 54
Washington
Tokyo
Seoul
4. Walker's War 76
Retreat to the Naktong
Dressing Ranks
The Pusan Perimeter
5. Inchon 99
6. To the Brink: MacArthur Crosses the Parallel 115
7. The Coming of the Chinese 128
8. Chosin: The Road from the Reservoir 147
9. The Winter of Crisis 165
The Big Bugout
Washington and Tokyo
The Arrival of Ridgway
10. Nemesis: The Dismissal of MacArthur 192
11. The Struggle on the Imjin 208
12. The Stony Road 228
Toward Stalemate
Panmunjom
The Cause
13. The Intelligence War 243
14. The Battle in the Air 253
15. The War on the Hills 270
16. The Prisoners 286
17. The Pursuit of Peace 305
Koje-do
"I Shall Go to Korea"
The Last Act
18. Hindsight 330
Chronology 345
Notes and References 351
Select Bibliography and a Note on Sources 361
Appendix 365
Acknowledgments 369
Index 371
List of Maps
Korea frontispiece
The Invasion of South Korea 71
From Inchon to Seoul 108
The Chinese Intervention 136
Retreat from the Chosin Reservoir 158
The Battle of the Imjin River 215