CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. PART I: THE WAR
6. 1. STALIN ENDORSES WAR IN ASIA 7
7. 2. KIM IL-SUNG PLANS AN ATTACK 26
8. 3. TRUMAN CONSOLIDATES US COMMITMENTS 42
9. 4. JOSEPH MCCARTHY SELLS THE POLITICS OF FEAR 61
10. 5. PAUL NITZE SOUNDS THE TOCSIN 81
11. 6. NORTH KOREA DRIVES SOUTH 108
12. 7. TRUMAN REVERSES POLICY 121
13. 8. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR GAMBLES AND WINS 142
14. 9. MAO ZEDONG INTERVENES MASSIVELY 167
15. 10. PENG DEHUAI AND MATTHEW RIDGWAY FIGHT TO A STALEMATE 198
16. PART II: THE TRANSFORMATION
17. 11. GEORGE C. MARSHALL AND ROBERT LOVETT GUIDE A US BUILDUP 237
18. 12. DEAN ACHESON LEADS THE DEFENSE OF EUROPE 269
19. 13. ANDREI TUPOLEV CREATES A STRATEGIC BOMBER FORCE 304
20. 14. CURTIS LEMAY BUILDS THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND 328
21. 15. IGOR KURCHATOV DEVELOPS SOVIET NUCLEAR WEAPONS 367
22. 16. WALTER BEDELL SMITH REFORMS AND EXPANDS THE CIA 413
23. 17. KOREA TRANSFORMS THE COLD WAR 472
24. Chronology 491
25. Notes 507
26. Selected Bibliography 555
27. Index 563