On 9 October 1950, the headstrong General Douglas MacArthur, buoyant after his successful invasion at Inch'?n, orders US troops to follow South Korean forces across the 38th Parallel into North Korea, with the objective of totally destroying the North Kor
Cold War crescendo: in the author's first three volumes in a series on battles of the Korean War, North Korean forces cross the 38th Parallel, rolling back US and South Korean forces into a small corner of the Korean peninsula.