Book Description: Wonju: The Gettysburg of the Korean War is an
insightful evaluation of a crucial but underappreciated battle
of that fierce and bloody conflict. By December 1950, the
dramatic entrance of Communist China into the war had forced the
retreat of U.S., South Korean, and other United Nations troops
back into South Korea. In February 1951, near a central South
Korean town named Wonju, American forces finally quit running
and started fighting - and stopped the Chinese juggernaut cold.
Just as the Battle of Gettysburg was the highwater mark of the
Confederacy's bid for secession, the Chinese offensive launched
at Wonju was the high point from which China's hopes for victory
faded. This is the first book to show that after fifteen days of
combat at Wonju, Chinese leaders realized they could not win the
war and could possibly lose it. On this not particularly well-
known battlefield, U.N. forces led by brave U.S. and South
Korean fighting men ensured South Korean independence. Coleman's
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