Re: Book: The Dragon Strikes: China and the Korean War: June-December 1950

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In a message dated 4/8/02 10:31:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
mikeyared@hotmail.com writes:

<< Date:    4/8/02 10:31:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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 Ok, great review. I wondered why Infantry is published 3 times a year when 
 it was supposed to be bimonthly. And the issue come out late.
 Mike
 
 >From: Mike Davino <mdavino@yahoo.com>
 >Reply-To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
 >To: KOREAN-WAR-L@raven.cc.ku.edu
 >Subject: Re: Book: The Dragon Strikes: China and the Korean War: 
 >June-December 1950
 >Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 07:01:06 -0800 (PST)
 >
 >I know it was because I wrote it.  I am the Korean War
 >book reviewer for Infantry Magazine.
 >
 >Mike Davino
 >
 >--- Mike Yared <mikeyared@hotmail.com> wrote:
 > > This book review was in Infantry magazine, Vol.90,
 > > n.1, p.49.
 > > January-April 2000.
 > >
 > > The Dragon Strikes: China and the Korean War:
 > > June-December 1950
 > >
 > > The Dragon Strikes: China and the Korean War:
 > > June-December 1950.
 > > By Patrick C. Roe.
 > > Presidio Press, 2000.
 > > 466 Pages. $34.95.
 > > Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Michael F. Davino,
 > > U.S. Army.
 > >
 > > In late November 1950, the United Nations Command
 > > launched what became known
 > > as the "Home for Christmas" offensive. Despite an
 > > earlier clash with Chinese
 > > Communist Forces that had left a regiment of the Ist
 > > Cavalry Division
 > > bloodied in the Eighth U.S. Army zone and a Marine
 > > regiment's defeat of a
 > > Chinese division in the X Corps zone, the UN Command
 > > attempted a massive
 > > attack to reunify the Korean peninsula. Within a
 > > month, the Eighth Army had
 > > been defeated by the Chinese and was withdrawing
 > > below the 38th parallel
 > > where the war began. In the X Corps zone, the Ist
 > > Marine Division had to
 > > break out from encirclement and was evacuated by sea
 > > to Pusan with the rest
 > > of X Corps. In the words of author Patrick Roe, the
 > > course of history was
 > > changed. The Dragon Strikes is a close study of the
 > > Chinese involvement in
 > > the first six months of the Korean War. It is an
 > > excellent account and a
 > > timely one. Its publication coincides with the 50th
 > > anniversary of the war
 > > and a time when the potential threat China poses to
 > > the United States is
 > > under increasing scrutiny. Patrick Roe, who served
 > > as the intelligence
 > > officer of a Marine rifle battalion in the Chosin
 > > Reservoir campaign,
 > > examines in great detail both the Chinese actions
 > > against the U.S. X Corps
 > > in Northeastern Korea and the defeat of the U.S.
 > > Eighth Army at the
 > > Chongchon River. He reviews the pre-war situation
 > > and analyzes why the
 > > Chinese chose to enter the conflict. He covers the
 > > deception plan of the
 > > Chinese, explaining how they were able to intervene
 > > in such a decisive
 > > manner while remaining undetected by U.S.
 > > intelligence services. Unlike many
 > > authors who tend to hold General of the Army Douglas
 > > MacArthur and his G-2,
 > > Major General Charles Willoughby, almost solely
 > > responsible for the
 > > disastrous campaigns in north Korea, Roe describes
 > > the role of the Joint
 > > Chiefs, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the
 > > National Security Council
 > > in the debacle. He explains the complex chain of
 > > events that had the
 > > national command authorities on the verge of panic,
 > > and unable to issue firm
 > > orders to MacArthur. This book will give readers
 > > interested in the Korean
 > > War an excellent understanding of how the Chinese
 > > were able to defeat a
 > > technologically superior enemy. It is an excellent
 > > addition to the
 > > literature available on the so-called "Forgotten
 > > War."
 > >
 > >
 > >
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 > >>
You know,Ed,this is one of the many  great contributions I've found in this 
List.I
wanna thank you for doing this List. I hope my kid who is in the U S Navy now 
 reads
all  this that I've saved for him. After reading  all the contributions from 
so many won
derful people who were in the thick of it,I cain't but arrive at one 
conclusion: the Ko
rean War ,mismanaged or not,was a necessary war. I cain't prove it but that 
is my
gut feeling. Thanks again,Ed,for a great job!