Zimmerman, Warren. First Great Triumph. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.
Searchable Terms
Acheson, Dean
and Asian defense perimeter
and Chiang
and China
and Cold War
and Congress
and defense budget
and expansion of war
and Hiss
and initial invasion
and Kennan
and MacArthur
and NSC
political opponents of
and postwar world
and racism
as secretary of state
and Truman
and Vietnam
Agnew, Robert
Aguinaldo
Allen, George
Allen, Lev
Allen, Norman
Allison, John
Almond, Edward (Ned):
ambition of
and drive to Seoul
enemy underestimated by
flawed planning by
and Freeman
and Inchon
and MacArthur
and Operation Bluehearts
and Operation Roundup
and politics of command
racism of
refusal to face reality
and Smith
special privileges of
and Tenth Corps
and Twin Tunnels
and Walker
and western front
and Willoughby
at Wonsan
in World War II
Alsop, Joseph
Alsop, Stewart
Altman, Robert
America First Committee
American Communist Party
American Legion
American Mercury
Anderson, Allan
Anderson, Clarence
Anderson, Vernice
Appleman, Roy
Asia First
Atkinson, Brooks
Attlee, Clement
Austin, John
Ayers, Eben
Ayres, Harold (Red)
Badoglio, Pietro
Baillie, Hugh
Baker, Newton
Bao Dai
Barberis, Cesidio (Butch)
Barbey, John
Barkley, Alben
Barnett, Larry
Barr, David
Barrett, Dave
Barrett, John
Barth, George
Barthelemy, Maurice
Bartholdi, Cyril
Bataan Gang
Battle, Lucius
Bay of Pigs
Beahler, Lee
Becker, Henry
Beech, Keyes
Bennett, Raymond
Bererd, Serge
Beria, Lavrenti
Berle, Adolf
Berlin airlift
Bigart, Homer
Billings, John Shaw
Bin Yu
Blair, Clay
on Almond
on Crombez
on MacArthur
on Ridgway
on Walker
Blumenson, Martin
Bohlen, Chip
Bolt, Jack
Bolté, Charles
Bonus Army
Bowers, Faubion
Bowles, Chester
Bowser, Alpha
Boyd, Ben
Bradley, Omar
and Joint Chiefs
and MacArthur
and Ridgway
and Truman
Bradley, Sladen
Brandeis, Louis
Braun, Otto
Brezhnev, Leonid
Bricker, John
Bridges, Styles
Brinkley, Alan
Bromser, Paul
Browder, Earl
Brownell, Herbert
Bruce, David
Buck, Pearl
Bulganin, Nikolai
Bundy, McGeorge
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
Butler, George
Butler, Hugh
Butler, John Marshall
Butterworth, Walton
Byrnes, James F.
Cain, Harry
Camel’s Head Bend
Capps, Arlie
Capraro, Michael
Carley, John
Caro, Robert
Castro, Fidel
Cates, Clifton
Central Corridor; map
Chipyongni; maps
Twin Tunnels; maps
Wonju
Chambers, Loren
Chambers, Whittaker
Chen Jian
Chennault, Claire
Chiang Kai-shek:
and China Lobby
and civil war
decline and fall of
Guomindang Party
and Hunan Provincial Army
and Korean War
and MacArthur
in Taiwan
and United Nations
U.S. government support of
U.S. journalists in support of
U.S. politicians in support of
Chiang Kai-shek, Madame (Mayling Soong)
Chicago Tribune
Chiles, John
China:
civil war in
and Cold War
Communist Party, see Mao Zedong
Communist takeover of
Cultural Revolution in
effects of war on
entry into the war
Great Leap Forward
and Japan
and Kim
Long March
Nationalist; see also Chiang Kai-shek
Nixon’s visit to
and North Korea
poverty in
as rising world power
and Soviet Union
and United Nations
U.S. aid to
U.S. missionaries in
as U.S. political issue
U.S. public interest in
U.S. recognition of
warnings from
and World War II
China First, see China Lobby
China Hands, State Department
China Lobby
aid to China promoted by
and anti-Communism
on appeasement
as Chiang supporters
and China White Paper
and expansion of Korean War
influence of
and Kennedy
and Koo
and Luce
and MacArthur
and Marshall
recognition of Communist China opposed by
Truman administration opposed by
China White Paper (U.S. State Department)
Chinese army:
adaptation by
advance south; map
ambushes by
capabilities of
casualties
in Central Corridor; maps
changes in command structure
at Chongchon River; maps
disappearances of
Fourth Campaign
intelligence and rumors about
at Kunuri; map
military intelligence of
movement on foot at night
music of
Northeast Border Defense Army (NEBDA)
as POWs
sheer numbers of
Third Campaign
at Unsan
volunteers in
on western front; map
Chipyongni; maps
Cho Man Sik
Chongchon River; maps
Chosin Reservoir:
and Funchilin Pass; map
Marines at; map
retreat from; map
Christensen, Thomas
Church, John
Churchill, Winston
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency):
and Chinese entry into the war
enemy movement noted by
MacArthur and Willoughby blocking of
and Ridgway
Civil War, U.S.
Clark, Mark
Clemons, Joe
Cleveland, Harlan
Clubb, Edmund
Cold War:
anti-Communism in
arms race in
atomic weapons in
Berlin airlift
collective security in
confrontations avoided in
Containment policy in
Cuba as pawn in
domino effect feared in
escalation of
Iron Curtain speech
Korean War considered in light of
post-colonialism of
and two Koreas
as U.S. political issue
and U.S. responsibilities
and Vietnam
Coleman, J. D.
Collins, “Lightning” Joe
as Army chief of staff
and Inchon
and MacArthur
and Ridgway
and U.S. entry into the war
and Walker
Communism:
American Communist Party
in Cold War, see Cold War
Soviet vs. Third World types of
Congress, U.S.:
and China
and defense budgets
and expansion of war
and MacArthur
and onset of war
Truman as senator
Connally, Tom
Connelly, Matt
Cooke, Alistair
Coughlin, Father Charles
Coulter, John
Craig, Ed
Crittenberger, Townsend
Crittenberger, Willis
Crombez, Marcel
Cromwell, Oliver
Crowder, Enoch
Cuba:
and Cold War
and Spanish-American War
Cumings, Bruce
Curtis, Wesley
Custer, George Armstrong
Dabney, John
Dai Ichi, see Tokyo headquarters
Daniels, Jonathan
Davidson, Rusty
Davies, John Paton
Davis, Arthur
Davis, Ray
Day, Philip
Deakin, Harold
Dean, William
Democratic Party:
and China
and midterm elections (1946)
and New Deal
opponents of
and Truman
and war
Deng Hua
Deng Xiaoping
Dewey, George
Dewey, Thomas E.
Dillard, Pic
Dirksen, Everett McKinley
Dixiecrats
Dixie Mission
Djilas, Milovan
Donovan, Robert
Donovan, William (Wild Bill)
Dorn, Frank
Doyle, James
Drumwright, Everett
Duggan, William
Dulles, John Foster
Dumaine, John
Dupras, Paul
Edson, Hal
Edward, Idwal
Edwards, Jim
Egeberg, Roger
Ehler, Erwin
Eichelberger, Robert
Eisenhower, Barbara Thompson
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
administration of
and army network
and Bonus Army
and defense budget
and ending the war
honesty of
and MacArthur
and Marshall
political skills of
and presidential elections
as supportive of subordinates
and Walker
Eisenhower, John
Elsey, George
Emerson, Hank
Engen, Millard
Epley, Gerry
Europe:
collective security in
postwar
Western alliance in
Europe First
Everist, Carroll
Fairbank, John
Faith, Don Carlos
Fall, Bernard
Farnum, Larry
Fehrenbach, T. R.
Feis, Herbert
Fellers, Bonnie
Fenderson, Maurice
Fergusson, Robert
Feuerwerker, Albert
Fitzpatrick, William
Flying Tigers
Fockler, Richard
Foot, Rosemary
Foreign Affairs
Formosa, see Taiwan
Forrestal, James
Fort Leavenworth
Foster, Ralph
France, and Indochina
Franco, Francisco
Frank, Bemis
Frankfurter, Felix
Freeman, Paul:
and Almond
on Anju road
at Chipyongni
at Chongchon River
at Kunuri
and MacArthur
at Naktong
at Pusan Perimeter
relieved of command
and Ridgway
and Twenty-third Regiment
at Twin Tunnels
French Foreign Legion
Fromm, Joseph
Fry, Charley
Fulbright, William
Funchilin Pass; map
Funston, Frederick