Roy Edgar Appleman fue un historiador dedicado cuya carrera estuvo marcada por importantes contribuciones a la comprensión de la historia militar. Su trabajo se centró a menudo en las campañas cruciales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la Guerra de Corea, detallando meticulosamente los elementos estratégicos y humanos de estos conflictos. A través de su extensa investigación y escritura, Appleman proporcionó información invaluable sobre las complejidades de la guerra moderna y su impacto.
South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu
An account of the first five months of the Korean War, describing the withdrawal to the Pusan perimeter, MacArthur's landing at Inch'on and drive northward that crushed the North Koreans, and the stiffening of enemy resistance as the United Nations forces neared the Manchurian border. With color maps, illustrations, bibliographical note, glossaries, index.
In November, 1950, with the highly successful Inchon Landing behind him, Gen. Douglas MacArthur planned the last major offensive of what was to be a brief "conflict": the drive that would push the North Koreans across the Yalu River into Manchuria. In northern Korea, US forces assembled at Chosin Reservoir to cut behind the North Korean forces blocking the planned march to Manchuria. Roy E. Appleman, noted historian of the Korean conflict, describes the tragic fate of the troops of the 31st Regimental Combat Team which fought this engagement and presents a thorough analysis of the physical conditions, attitudes, and command decisions that doomed them.