The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (109 page)
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Authors: David Halberstam
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and Inchon
intelligence reports ignored or manipulated by
and Japan
and Joint Chiefs
journalists supportive of
lack of friends
loyalty demanded by
mood swings of
need for control
never to be wrong
and onset of war
orders stretched by
paranoia of
performances of
political interests of
popularity of
and presidential nomination
presidential orders disregarded by
PR statements by
pushing troops north
putting men at risk
self-absorption of
self-destructive impulses in
Senate hearings on
Seoul capture as goal of
slow to react to initial invasion
on splitting command
sycophants on staff of
and Truman
unrealistic views of
VFW speech
at Wake Island
warnings ignored by
Washington enemies of
at West Point
in World War I
in World War II
MacArthur, Jean Faircloth
MacArthur, Louise
MacArthur, Mary Pinckney Hardy (Pinky)
MacDonald, Malcolm
Mace, Sam
MacLean, Allan
Makins, Roger
Malenkov, Georgi
Malone, George (Molly)
Manchester, William
Manchuria
Manchurian Candidate, The
(film)
Manhattan Project
Manifest Destiny
Mansergh, Leslie
Mao Zedong
and Communist takeover
and cult of personality
decision to enter the war
ego of
and Great Leap Forward
and Inchon
and Kim
and Long March
power of
revolution of
and Soviet Union
and Taiwan
and U.S. political actions
and the war’s progress
Marshall, Charles Burton
Marshall, George C.
in China
decline of
and MacArthur
political opponents of
and Roosevelt
as secretary of defense
as secretary of state
and Stilwell
and Truman
in World War II
Marshall, Richard
Marshall, S. L. A. (Slam)
Marshall Plan
Martin, Bradley
Martin, Harold
Martin, John
Martin, Joseph W. Jr.
Martin, Robert (Pepper)
Mashbir, Sidney
Massacre Valley
Mayo, Walt
McAbee, Filmore
McAuliffe, Tony
McCaffrey, Bill:
and Almond
and MacArthur
and Willoughby
McCarran, Pat
McCarten, John
McCarthy, Joseph
McClellan, George
McClure, Bob
McCormick, Robert
McCullough, David
McDaniel, Terry
McEachern, Joe
McGee, Paul
McGee, Tom
McGee Hill; maps
McKinley, William
McKitch, John
McLellan, David
McMahon, Brien
McMaster, H. R.
McMullan, Patrick
Melby, John
Meszar, Frank
Metts, John
Mexican War
Michaelis, John (Mike)
Mikoyan, Anastas
Milburn, Frank (Shrimp)
Miles, Perry
Miller, A. L.
Miller, Herbert (Pappy)
Miller, Merle
Miller, Thomas
Millikin, Jack, Jr.
Millis, Walter
Mitchell, James
Moffett, Hugh
Molotov, V. M.
Monaghan, Seldon
Monclar, Ralph
Montcalm, Marquis de
Moore, Bryant
Moore, Hal
Moriarty, Veale
Moseley, George Van Horn
Mougeot, James
Mount McKinley
303
Moyers, Bill
Muccio, John
Mueller, Harold
Mueller, Paul
Mundt, Karl E.
Munoz, Frank
Murphy, Charles
Murphy, Jack
Murray, Ray
Myers, Robert
Nathan, Andrew
National Security Administration (NSA)
National Security Council
NSC
Nations, Kenneth
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Nehrling, Bob
Nehru, Jawaharlal
New Deal:
effects of
and elections
opponents of
New Republic, The
New York Herald Tribune
New York Times
Nicholson, Harry
Nieh Yenrong
Nimitz, Chester
Nitze, Paul
Nixon, Richard M.
Norman, Richard
Norstad, Lauris (Larry)
North Korea:
and China
Communism in
and Soviet Union
totalitarianism of
UN invasion of
map
North Korean Air Force
North Korean People’s Army:
advancing south
map
capabilities of
decline of
and Inchon
night fighting of
preparations by
at Pusan Perimeter
radio codes of
retreating north
map
sheer numbers of
South Korea invaded by
map
at Yongsan
Oberdorfer, Don
O’Dowd, Paul
Operation Bluehearts
Operation Killer
Operation Little Switch
Operation Manchu
Operation Roundup
Operation Thunderbolt
Operation Wolfhound
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
Ormand, David
Ormond, Robert
OSS (Office of Strategic Services)
Otis, Elwell
Ottesen, Eugene
Ouden, Marinus den
Pace, Frank
Paik Sun Yup
Pak Hon Yong
Palmer, Charles D.
Panikkar, K. M.
Partridge, Earl
Patman, Wright
Patton, George S., Jr.
Payne, Robert
Pearl Harbor attack
Pearson, Drew
Pedicone, Hank
Pendergast, Tom
Peng Dehuai
Penrod, William
People’s Republic of China,
see
China Peploe, George
Perret, Geoffrey
Pershing, John J. (Black Jack)
Peterson, Phil
Petillo, Carol Morris
Philippines:
Arthur MacArthur in
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur in
guerrilla warfare in
Taft commission to
as U.S. colony
Phillips, Cabell
Piazza, Gino
Pietrasiewicz, Clement
Polk, James
Pork Chop Hill
Pratt, Sherman
Prine, John
Puller, Lewis (Chesty)
Pusan Perimeter
bare-bones U.S. command at
Davidson Line
Eighth Army in
maps
and Naktong Bulge
map
and Naktong River