{"product_id":"the-day-the-chinese-attacked-by-edwin-hoyt-1993-1st-paperback-ed-new","title":"The Day The Chinese Attacked by Edwin Hoyt 1993 1st Paperback Ed.\/ NEW","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Edwin P Hoyt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Paragon House\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePagination: 245\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKorea 1950---\"The Day The Chinese Attacked\" is a well written book by Edwin P. Hoyt, who attempts to tell truly and clearly the failure of America's China Policy and its effect on the war in Korea, 1950.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEdwin P. Hoyt's book describe how America had taken upon itself the task of protecting the status quo of Colonial powers at the end of World War ll; this was at a time when the colonial powers were divesting themselves or being divested of empires in Asia and later the world.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHoyt describes how General Douglas MacArthur, Commander of American occupation forces in Japan, talked too much publicly, and so doing, telegraphed his coming campaign and its aims to Beijing, apparently with no thought at all about what the Chinese reaction would be.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nResults: The American tragedy of Korea is symbolized by the American casualty figures---142,091 people, 33,629 of them killed-- plus the thousand of dead and wounded from other UN Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Military History Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67670601138475,"sku":"17798","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/1289\/5019\/files\/the-day-the-chinese-attacked-by-edwin-hoyt-1993-1st-paperback-ed-new_17798_main_original.jpg?v=1791253115","url":"https:\/\/militaryhistorybooks.com\/products\/the-day-the-chinese-attacked-by-edwin-hoyt-1993-1st-paperback-ed-new","provider":"Military History Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}