Roy Edgar Appleman fu uno storico dedicato la cui carriera fu segnata da contributi significativi alla comprensione della storia militare. Il suo lavoro si concentrò spesso sulle campagne decisive della Seconda Guerra Mondiale e della Guerra di Corea, dettagliando meticolosamente gli elementi strategici e umani di questi conflitti. Attraverso la sua vasta ricerca e scrittura, Appleman fornì preziose intuizioni sulle complessità della guerra moderna e sul suo impatto.
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.