Documentary Review: 'The Korean War: Fire and Ice'
©2010 A&E Television Networks. Content © 1999 Lou Reda Productions and A&E Television Networks In 1999, months before the 50th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War, The History Channel (now History) aired The Korean War: Fire and Ice, a four-part television series about a conflict most Americans have chosen to forget: the 1950-1953 struggle between the U.S.-led United Nations Command and the Soviet-supported North Korean/Chinese alliance for control of that divided Asian nation. Produced by Lou Reda and written by Rod Paschall, The Korean War: Fire and Ice mixes archival footage (both color and black-and-white) from the archives of several nations and 1990s interviews with historians, former diplomats, and U.S. Korean War veterans. Though much of the archival footage is combat footage, there are also shots of non-battle events, such as Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's 1949 meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung, the deliberations at the UN Headquarters in N