Author: CLARK, EUGENE FRANKLIN
Title: The secrets of Inchon : the untold story of the most daring covert mission of the Korean War
Description: New York : Putnam's 2002. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 325 pages; Description: x. 325 p. 8 p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Clark. Eugene Franklin --Personal narratives. American. Korean War. 1950-1953 --Campaigns --Korea (South) --Inchon --Reconnaissance operations. American. Summary: This first-hand account of a crucial. but little-known. covert mission of the Korean War offers a revealing and remarkable story of wartime courage-from the very man who led the mission. According to his colleagues. Commander Eugene Franklin Clark had 'the nerves of a burglar and the flair of a Barbary Coast Pirate.' And in August 1950. when General MacArthur made the unpopular decision to invade Inchon-a move considered by many to be tactical suicide-he sent in Clark to find out what they needed to know. by Eugene Franklin Clark ; introduction and epilogue by Thomas Fleming.ISBN: 039914871X. Weight in Kg appr.:

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