The Hidden History of the Korean War 1950/1

Contents
Preface
Author’s Preface
Part I. How The War Began
	1 Was It a Surprise?
	2 The Silence of Seoul
	3 Connollys Warning
	4 The Role of John Foster Dulle
	5 Chiang’s Pilgrimage
	6 Time Was Short
	7 The Stage Was Set
	8 “. . . Only in Very Rough Outline Form”
	9 Willoughby Exposes MacArthur
	10 “The Best Army in Asia\"
Part II. THe U.N. Gets a Commander It Can’t Command
	11 Classic Incident
	12 Stampeding the United Nations
	13 MacArthur’s Blank Check
	14 MacArthur and Mack Sennett
	15 Peace Alarums
Part III. Hating War But Fearing Peace
	16 Reversal on the Parallel
	17 Free Elections?
	18 First Warnings
	19 The U.N.’s Dilemma
	20 A Sudden Change in Plans
	21 Mystery at Wake Island
Part IV. Cordial Invitation - To Disaster
	22 Twin Dangers
	23 Mr. Truman Keeps Cool
	24 The China Lobby Responds
	25 Peking Suspects
	26 Home-By-Christmas
	27 Danger on the Thames
	28 Anti-Peace Offensive
Part V. Phantom Warfare
	29 The Enemy Was Horrid
	30 .. . Like a Poorly Made Fire
	31 Phantom Battle
	32 Seoul Abandoned Again
Part VI. War as Politics
	33 Hiding the Lull
	34 Lost and Found
	35 The Deadly Parallel Again
	36 MacArthur Upsets the Applecart
Part VII. Stalemate and Truce Talks
	37 Why MacArthur Was Fired
	38 “Every Time Stalin Smiles”
	39 Cease-Fire Switch
	40 Ridgwav Stands “Firm”
	41 Postponing Peace Again
	42 “The Dreaded Softening Process”
	43 Talks on Whether to Talk
	44 Ridgway\'s Own Iron Curtain
	45 Atrocities to the Rescue
	46 Weird Statistics
	47 Six Months of Futile Slaughter
	48 Van Fleet Sums Up
Appendix: New Light on the Korean Mystery: Was the War No Surprise to Chiang Kai-shek?
	References
	Index