The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (110 page)
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Authors: David Halberstam
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North Korean assault on
turning point in
Yongsan
Pyongyang:
chaos in
early celebration in
U.S. capture of
Quezon, Manuel
Rainer, Hewlett (Reb)
Raybould, Dick
Rayburn, Sam
Read, Dillon
Reece, B. Carroll
Reedy, George
Republican Party
and Americanism
anti-Communism in
and China Lobby
and Eisenhower
internationalist wing of
and isolationism
and MacArthur
midterm elections (1946)
midterm elections (1950)
nativists in
presidential election (1952)
right wing of
and Truman
Reston, James (Scotty)
Rhee, Syngman
in exile
as Little Chiang
as South Korean president
unified Korea as goal of
and U.S. support
and war
Rhoden, Berry
Richardson, Bill
Ridgway, Matthew B.
army evaluation by
and Central Corridor
and Eighth Army command
and expansion of war
and Inchon
and Joint Chiefs
and MacArthur
MacArthur replaced by
and Marshall
and onset of war
successes of
as supportive of subordinates
and turning point
in Vietnam
in World War
Ritter, Bruce
Roberts, Roy
Roberts, William Lynn
Robinson, Ralph
Rochnowski, Arthur
Roh Tae Woo
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
charisma of
and China
death of
and MacArthur
and radio
and social revolution
transition to Truman from
and war
Roosevelt, James
Roosevelt, Theodore
Root, Elihu
Roper, Elmo
Roshchin, N. V.
Ross, Charlie
Rovere, Richard
Rowley, Arden
Rowny, Ed
Ruffner, Nick
Rupertus, William
Rusk, Dean
Russ, Martin
Russell, George
Russell, Richard
Russia,
see
Soviet Union
Russo-Japanese War (1904)
Salazar, Antonio
Salinger, Pierre
Salisbury, Harrison
Saltonstall, Leverett
Saturday Evening Post, The
Scateni, Rudolph
Schlesinger, Arthur
Scott, Hugh
Scowcroft, Brent
Sebald, William
Seoul:
capture and recapture of
street fighting in
U.S. Marine drive to; map
Sevareid, Eric
Shang Yue
Shen Zhihua
Shepherd, Lem
Sheridan, Philip H.
Sherman, Forrest
Sherrod, Robert
Sherwood, Robert
Shi Zhe
Shoemaker, Harold
Short, Dewey
Shtykov, Terenti
Sigur, Gaston
Simmons, Edwin
Simms, Clemmie
Singlaub, Jack
Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895)
Skeldon, Jim
Sloane, Charles (Chin)
Smith, Alexander
Smith, Brad
Smith, Jacob (Hell-roaring Jake)
Smith, Lynn
Smith, O. P.
Smith, Robert
Smith, Walter Bedell
Smith, Willard
Snyder, John W.
Soong, T. V.
Sorenson, Ted
South Korea:
Americans evacuated from
corruption in
economic success of
governance of
MacArthur’s lack of interest in
modernization of
North Korean invasion of; map
omitted from U.S. defense perimeter
U.S. advisers to
U.S. promises to
U.S. visitors to
South Korean army (ROKs):
advancing north
collapse of
KATUSAs
leadership of
postwar
in Pyongyang
unprepared for battle
at Unsan
U.S. intelligence reports on
at Wonju
at Wonsan
Soviet Union:
air cover promise reneged by
atomic weapons of
and China
in Cold War
Communist model of
expansionism of
and Korean War
and Mao
and North Korea
Red Army
and Russian Revolution
totalitarianism of
weapons supplied by
in World War
Spanier, John
Spanish-American War (1898)
Spence, Jonathan
Stai, Mel
Stalin, Joseph
and China
crimes of
and cult of personality
death of
and Kim
and Korean War
and Mao
megalomania of
and power
and Truman
Stanley, George
Stassen, Harold
Stephens, Dick
Stevenson, Adlai E.
Stewart, George
Stilwell, Joseph (Vinegar Joe)
and Chiang
death of
and MacArthur
Stratemeyer, George
Stratton, William
Struble, Arthur
Stryker, Joe
Stuart, John Leighton
Stueck, William
Sullivan, John
Sung Shih-lun
Sun Yat-sen
Sutherland, Richard
Swift, Carleton
Taft, Robert A.
Taft, William Howard
Taiwan:
army of
Chiang’s government in
U.S. aid to
U.S. protection of
Takahashi, Gene
Tannenwald, Ted
Tarkenton, Clint
Taylor, Maxwell
Taylor, Ronnie
Teller, Edward
Thomas, J. Parnell
Thompson, Percy
Thompson, Reginald
Thorpe, Jake
Thurmond, Strom
Time
Tito (Josip Broz)
Tokyo headquarters:
denial of responsibility in
intelligence activities in
overconfidence in
overstaffing of
politics of
removed from reality
troubleshooting team sent to
Train, Bill
Treacy, Edgar
Trudeau, Art
Truman, Bess Wallace
Truman, Harry:
background of
and budgets
career ups and downs of
and China
and Cold War
constraints on