Quick Read: 'The Battle for Korea: The Associated Press History of the Korean Conflict'
Cover of the 2000 50th Anniversary Edition. (C) 2000 Da Capo Press On March 21, 1994, Da Capo Press published Robert J. Dvorchak's The Battle for Korea: The Associated Press History of the Korean War, a "coffee table" hardcover book about the 1950-1953 Korean War. Based primarily on reporting by AP correspondents and featuring more than 300 photographs from the venerable news service's archives, The Battle for Korea: The Associated Press History of the Korean War' s first edition hit bookstores a year after the 40th anniversary of the signing of the July 1953 armistice that ended three years of combat on the divided peninsula that lies perilously close to three powerful neighbors: China, Russia, and Japan. Long forgotten by most Americans and famously ignored by popular culture except for a handful of movies ( The Hunters, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, Pork Chop Hill, and Battle Hymn ) and the long-running TV sitcom M*A*S*H, the Korean War is also a conflict tha...