THE BRITISH PART IN THE KOREAN WAR: VOLUME 1. A DISTANT OBLIGATION

Author: General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley

Publisher: HM Stationary Office

Year published: 1990

Pagination: xxii + 512pp, 59 photos, 15 maps, order of battle.

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The first volume of the official history of British participation in the Korean War. How the UK became involved, the initial military operations etc interwoven with political events at the UN, with the USA, Commonwealth - all at the time of the UK's involvement in fighting the Emergency in Malaya. This volume covers the period to January 1951, the nadir of the Allied fortunes during the war.