List of books about the Korean War

Campaigns and battles

Appleman, Roy (1992), South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu, Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, ISBN 0-16-035958-9, archived from the original on 2014-02-07, retrieved 2011-12-31
Appleman, Roy (1987), East of Chosin: Entrapment and Breakout in Korea, 1950, vol. 2, College Station, TX: Texas A and M University Military History Series, ISBN 0-89096-283-9
Appleman, Roy (1989), Disaster in Korea: The Chinese Confront MacArthur, vol. 11, College Station, TX: Texas A and M University Military History Series, ISBN 978-1-60344-128-5
Appleman, Roy (1990), Escaping the Trap: The US Army X Corps in Northeast Korea, 1950, vol. 14, College Station, TX: Texas A and M University Military History Series, ISBN 0-89096-395-9
Appleman, Roy (1990), Ridgway Duels for Korea, vol. 18, College Station, TX: Texas A and M University Military History Series, ISBN 0-89096-432-7
Hamburger, Kenneth E. (2003), Leadership in the Crucible : The Korean War Battles of Twin Tunnels & Chipyong-ni, College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, ISBN 1-58544-232-1
Hinshaw, Arned Lee (1989), Heartbreak Ridge, New York, NY: Praeger Publishers, ISBN 0-275-93217-6
Marshall, S.L.A. (1982), The River and the Gauntlet: Defeat of the Eighth Army by the Chinese Communist forces, November, 1950, in the Battle of the Chongchon River, Korea, Des Moines, IA: Time-Life Books, ISBN 0-8094-3845-3
Rowny, Edward (2013), An American Soldier's Saga of the Korean War, Washington, D.C.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-1490352411
Rowny, Edward (2013), Smokey Joe & the General, Washington, D.C.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-1493538423
Russ, Martin. Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950, Penguin, 2000, 464 pages, ISBN 0-14-029259-4
Salmon, Andrew (2009), To the Last Round: The Epic British Stand on the Imjin River, London, UK: Aurum Press, ISBN 978-1-84513-408-2
Sloan, Bill (2009). The Darkest Summer: Pusan and Inchon 1950. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-7174-2.

Combat studies

Air combat

Bruning, John R. (2000), Crimson Sky: The Air Battle for Korea, Riverside, NJ: Protomac Books Inc., ISBN 1-57488-841-2

Hallion, Richard P. The Naval Air War in Korea (1986).

Werrell, Kenneth P. (2005), Sabres over MiG Alley, Annapolis, MD: Naval Institution Press, ISBN 1-59114-933-9

Warrell, Kenneth P. "Across the Yalu: Rules of Engagement and the Communist Air Sanctuary during the Korean War." Journal of Military History 72.2 (2008): 451–76. Print.

Zhang, Xiao Ming (2004), Red Wings Over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea, College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, ISBN 1-58544-201-1

Ground combat

Flanagan, E.M. Jr., Airborne – A Combat History Of American Airborne Forces, The Random House Publishing Group, 2002

Kindsvatter, Peter S. American Soldiers: Ground Combat in the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam. U. Press of Kansas, 2003. 472 pp.

Mahoney, Kevin (2001), Formidable Enemies: The North Korean and Chinese Soldier in the Korean War, Novato, CA: Presidio Press, ISBN 978-0-89141-738-5

Marshall, S.L.A. (1988), Infantry Operations and Weapon Usage in Korea, London, UK: Greenhill Books, ISBN 0-947898-88-3

McMichael, Scott R. (1987), "Chapter 2: The Chinese Communist Forces in Korea" (PDF), A Historical Perspective on Light Infantry, Fort Leavenworth, KS: US Army Combined Arms Center, ISSN 0887-235X, archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-16 part 2

The Indian Army: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. New Delhi: Lancer Publishers. 1997. p. 114. ISBN 9781897829011.

India Intelligence, Security Activities and Operations Handbook. IBP USA. 2007. p. 130. ISBN 9781433023019.

Rowny, Edward (2013), An American Soldier's Saga of the Korean War, Washington, D.C.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-1490352411

Rowny, Edward (2013), Smokey Joe & the General, Washington, D.C.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-1493538423

Tucker-Jones, Anthony (2012), Images of War : Armoured Warfare in the Korean War, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., ISBN 978-184884-580-0

US IX Corps (1951), Enemy Tactics, Techniques and Doctrine Korea 1951 (PDF), Fort Leavenworth, KS: US Army Combined Arms Center, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23, retrieved 2010-07-27

Intelligence gathering

Roe, Patrick C. (2000), The Dragon Strikes, Novato, CA: Presidio, ISBN 0-89141-703-6

Logistics

Huston, James Alvin (1989), Guns and Butter, Powder and Rice : U.S. Army Logistics in the Korean War, Selinsgrove, PA: Susquehanna University Press, ISBN 0-941664-87-2
Shrader, Charles R. (1995), Communist Logistics in the Korean War, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-29509-3

Naval combat

Marolda, Edward (2007), The US Navy in the Korean War, Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, ISBN 978-1-59114-487-8

Psychological warfare

Pease, Stephen E. (1992), Psywar: Psychological Warfare in Korea, 1950–1953, Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, ISBN 0-8117-2592-8

Strategy

Malkasian, Carter (2002), A History of Modern Wars of Attrition, Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, ISBN 0-275-97379-4
Ohn, Chang-Il. "The Korean War of 1950–1953: U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Strategy." Revue Internationale D'histoire Militaire 70 (1988): 211–41. Print.
Rees, David (1964). Korea: The Limited War. New York: St Martin's. OCLC 1078693.

Unit cohesion

George, Alexander L. (1967), The Chinese Communist Army in Action: The War and its Aftermath, New York, NY: Columbia University Press, OCLC 284111

Cultural impact

West, Philip; Levine, Steven I.; Hiltz, Jackie (1998), America's Wars in Asia: A Cultural Approach to History and Memory, Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, ISBN 0-7656-0237-7
Zhang, Hong (2002), The Making of Urban Chinese Images of the United States, 1945–1953, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-31001-7

Encyclopedia and reference work

Brune, Lester and Robin Higham, eds., The Korean War: Handbook of the Literature and Research (Greenwood Press, 1994)
Ecker, Richard E. (2005), Korean Battle Chronology: Unit-by-Unit United States Casualty Figures and Medal of Honor Citations, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, ISBN 0-7864-1980-6
Edwards, Paul M. The A to Z of the Korean War. The Scarecrow Press, 2005. 307 pp.
Edwards, Paul M. The Hill Wars of the Korean Conflict : A Dictionary of Hills, Outposts and other Sites of Military Action. McFarland & Co., 2006. 267 pp.
Edwards, Paul M. The Korean War: a Historical Dictionary. The Scarecrow Press, 2003. 367 pp.
Edwards, Paul M. Korean War Almanac (2006)
Hu, Guang Zheng (胡光正); Ma, Shan Ying (马善营) (1987), Chinese People's Volunteer Army Order of Battle (中国人民志愿军序列) (in Chinese), Beijing: Chinese People's Liberation Army Publishing House, OCLC 298945765
Matray, James I. (ed.) Historical Dictionary of the Korean War. Greenwood Press, 1991. 626 pp.
Varhola, Michael J. (2000), Fire and Ice: The Korean War, 1950–1953, Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, ISBN 978-1-882810-44-4
Millett, Allan R, "A Reader's Guide To The Korean War" Journal of Military History (1997) Vol. 61 No. 3; p. 583+ full text in JSTOR; free online revised version
Millett, Allan R. "The Korean War: A 50 Year Critical Historiography," Journal of Strategic Studies 24 (March 2001), pp. 188–224. full text in Ingenta and Ebsco
Millett, Allan R. (2007), The Korean War: The Essential Bibliography, Dulles, VA: Potomac Books, ISBN 978-1-57488-976-5
Sandler, Stanley ed., The Korean War: An Encyclopedia (Garland, 1995)
Summers, Harry G. Korean War Almanac (1990)

Leaders

Chang, Jung; Halliday, Jon (2005). Mao: The Unknown Story. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-42271-4.

James, D. Clayton The Years of MacArthur: Triumph and Disaster, 1945–1964 (1985), scholarly biography of MacArthur

James, D. Clayton with Anne Sharp Wells, Refighting the Last War: Command and Crises in Korea, 1950–1953 (1993)

Leitich, Keith. Shapers of the Great Debate on the Korean War: A Biographical Dictionary (2006) covers Americans only

Taaffe, Stephen R. (2016). MacArthur's Korean War Generals. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-2221-4.

Weintraub, Stanley (2001). MacArthur's War: Korea and the Undoing of an American Hero. New York, New York: Touchstone. ISBN 0-7432-0503-0.

Official history

British Commonwealth

Farrar-Hockley, Anthony (1990), Official History: The British Part in the Korean War, vol. I, II, London, England: HMSO, ISBN 0-11-630953-9
McGibbon, Ian (1996), New Zealand and the Korean War. Combat Operations, vol. II, Auckland, New Zealand: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-558343-4
O'Neil, Robert, Australia in the Korean War 1950–53 (2 vols). Australian War Memorial and the Australian Government Publishing Service, 1981 and 1985.
Wood, Herbert Fairlie (1966), Official History of the Canadian Army in Korea: Strange Battleground, Ottawa, Canada: Queen's Printer, OCLC 4199207

China

Chinese Military Science Academy (2000), History of War to Resist America and Aid Korea (抗美援朝战争史) (in Chinese), vol. I, II, III, Beijing: Chinese Military Science Academy Publishing House, ISBN 7-80137-390-1

India

Prasad, Sri Nandan (1976). Chakravorty, B. (ed.). History of the Custodian Force (India) in Korea, 1953-54. New Delhi: Historical Section, Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

North Korea

DPRK Science Academy History Research Division (1961), History of the Korean People's Just Fatherland Liberation War (朝鲜人民正义的祖国解放战争史) (in Chinese), Pyongyang: DPRK Foreign Language Publishing House

South Korea

Chae, Han Kook; Chung, Suk Kyun; Yang, Yong Cho (2001), Yang, Hee Wan; Lim, Won Hyok; Sims, Thomas Lee; Sims, Laura Marie; Kim, Chong Gu; Millett, Allan R. (eds.), The Korean War, vol. I, II, III, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 978-0-8032-7795-3

United States

Appleman, Roy (1992), South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu, Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, ISBN 0-16-035958-9, archived from the original on 2014-02-07, retrieved 2011-12-31
Field Jr., James A. History of United States Naval Operations: Korea, University Press of the Pacific, 2001, ISBN 0-89875-675-8. official US Navy history
Futrell, Robert F. The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950–1953, rev. ed. (Office of the Chief of Air Force History, 1983), official US Air Force history
Hermes, Walter G. (1992), Truce Tent and Fighting Front, Washington, DC: Center of Military History, United States Army, ISBN 0-16-035957-0, archived from the original on 2009-02-24, retrieved 2012-01-03
Montross, Lynn et al., History of US Marine Operations in Korea, 1950–1953, 5 vols. (Washington: Historical Branch, G-3, Headquarters, Marine Corps, 1954–72)
Mossman, Billy C. (1990), Ebb and Flow: November 1950–July 1951, United States Army in the Korean War, Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, ISBN 978-1-4102-2470-5, archived from the original on 2021-01-29, retrieved 2011-12-31
Schnabel, James F. (1992), Policy and Direction: The First Year., U.S. Army in the Korean War, Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, U. S. Army, ISBN 0-16-035955-4, archived from the original on 2011-05-17, retrieved 2011-12-31

Oral history, recollections and memoirs

Bin Yu and Xiaobing Li, eds. Mao's Generals Remember Korea, University Press of Kansas, 2001, hardcover 328 pp. ISBN 0-7006-1095-2
Clark, Mark Wayne (1954), From the Danube to the Yalu, New York, NY: Harper, OCLC 178967
Bowers, William T. (2008), The Line: Combat in Korea, January–February 1951, Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, ISBN 978-0-8131-2508-4
Bowers, William T. (2010), Striking Back: Combat in Korea, March–April 1951, Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, ISBN 978-0-8131-2564-0
Matthew B. Ridgway, The Korean War (1967).
Millett, Allan R. Their War for Korea: American, Asian, and European Combatants and Civilians, 1945–1953. Brassey's, 2003. 310 pp.
Toland, John. In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950–1953 (1991)
Paik, Sun Yup (1992), From Pusan to Panmunjom, Riverside, NJ: Brassey Inc, ISBN 0-02-881002-3
Spurr, Russell (1988), Enter the Dragon: China's Undeclared War Against the U.S. in Korea 1950–51, New York, NY: Newmarket Press, ISBN 1-55704-008-7
Rowny, Edward (2013), An American Soldier's Saga of the Korean War, Washington, D.C.: CreateSpace, ISBN 978-1490352411
Rowny, Edward (2013), Smokey Joe & the General, Washington, D.C.: CreateSpace, ISBN 978-1493538423

Watson, Brent Byron. Far Eastern Tour: The Canadian Infantry in Korea, 1950–1953. 2002. 256 pp.
Wu, Ru Lin (吴瑞林) (1995), 42nd Corps During the War to Resist America and Aid Korea (抗美援朝中的第42军) (in Chinese), Beijing: Gold Wall Press, ISBN 7-80084-118-9
Yoo, Young-Bok (2012), Tears of Blood: A Korean POW's Fight for Freedom, Family and Justice, Los Angeles, CA: Korean War POW Affairs, ISBN 978-1479383856

Origins, politics, diplomacy

Barnouin, Barbara; Yu, Changgeng (2006). Zhou Enlai: A Political Life. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. ISBN 962-996-280-2.
Becker, Jasper (2005). Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-517044-X.
Carpenter, William M. "The Korean War: A Strategic Perspective Thirty Years Later." Comparative Strategy 2.4 (1980): 335–53. Print.
Casey, Steven. Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion in the United States, 1950–1953. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008. Print.
Chen, Jian (1994). China's Road to the Korean War: The Making of the Sino-American Confrontation. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-10025-0.
Cumings, Bruce (1981). "3, 4". Origins of the Korean War. Princeton University Press. ISBN 89-7696-612-0.
Cumings, Bruce (1997). Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History. WW Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-31681-5.
Foot, Rosemary, "Making Known the Unknown War: Policy Analysis of the Korean Conflict in the Last Decade," Diplomatic History 15 (Summer 1991): 411–31, in JSTOR
Foot, Rosemary. The Wrong War: American Policy and the Dimensions of the Korean Conflict, 1950–1953. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1985. Print.
Foot, Rosemary (1990), A Substitute for Victory: The Politics of Peacemaking at the Korean Armistice Talks, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, ISBN 0-8014-2413-5
Goncharov, Sergei N., John W. Lewis; and Xue Litai, Uncertain Partners: Stalin, Mao, and the Korean War, Stanford University Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8047-2521-7, diplomatic
Kaufman, Burton I. The Korean War: Challenges in Crisis, Credibility, and Command. Temple University Press, 1986, focus is on Washington
Kaufman, Burton I. The Korean Conflict (Greenwood Press, 1999).
Kim, Yǒng-jin (1973). Major Powers and Korea. Silver Spring, MD: Research Institute on Korean Affairs. OCLC 251811671.
Matray, James. "Truman's Plan for Victory: National Self Determination and the Thirty-Eighth Parallel Decision in Korea," Journal of American History 66 (September, 1979), 314–33. in JSTOR
Millett, Allan R. The War for Korea, 1945–1950: A House Burning vol 1 (2005) ISBN 0-7006-1393-5, origins
Oliver, Robert T. Why War Came in Korea. New York: Fordham UP, 1950. Print.
Spanier, John W. The Truman-MacArthur Controversy and the Korean War (1959).
Stueck, William. Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History. Princeton U. Press, 2002. 285 pp.
Stueck, Jr., William J. The Korean War: An International History (Princeton University Press, 1995), diplomatic
Zhang, Shu Guang (1992), Deterrence and Strategic Culture: Chinese-American Confrontations, 1949–1958, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, ISBN 0-8014-2751-7
Misra, Biswamohan (1964). "The Indian U.N. Policy during the Korean Crisis". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 25 (3/4): 145–151. ISSN 0019-5510. JSTOR 41854025.
Barnes, Robert (2013). "Between the Blocs: India, the United Nations, and Ending the Korean War". The Journal of Korean Studies. 18 (2): 263–286. doi:10.1353/jks.2013.0022. ISSN 0731-1613. JSTOR 44080505. S2CID 143769689.

Overview

General

Blair, Clay (1987), The Forgotten War, New York, NY: Times Books, ISBN 0-8129-1670-0
Goulden, Joseph C (1983). Korea: The Untold Story of the War. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 17. ISBN 0-07-023580-5.
Halberstam, David (2007), The Coldest Winter – America and the Korean War, New York, NY: Hyperion, ISBN 978-1-4013-0052-4
Hanley, Charles J. (2020). Ghost Flames: Life and Death in a Hidden War, Korea 1950-1953. New York, New York: Public Affairs. ISBN 9781541768154.
Hanley, Charles J.; Choe, Sang-Hun; Mendoza, Martha (2001). The Bridge at No Gun Ri: A Hidden Nightmare from the Korean War. New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-6658-6.
Hastings, Max (1987). The Korean War. New York, New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0671528238. British perspective
Halliday, Jon; Cumings, Bruce (1988). Korea: The Unknown War. London, England: Viking. ISBN 0-670-81903-4.
Hickey, Michael, The Korean War: The West Confronts Communism, 1950–1953 (London: John Murray, 1999) ISBN 0-7195-5559-0 ISBN 9780719555596
Hwang, Su-kyoung (2016). Korea's Grievous War. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812248456.
MacDonald, Callum A. (1986). Korea: The War Before Vietnam. New York: Free Press. ISBN 0-02-919621-3.
Malkasian, Carter (2001). The Korean War, 1950–1953. Essential Histories. London; Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 1-57958-364-4.
Millett, Allan R. (2010), The War for Korea, 1950–1951: They Came From the North, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, ISBN 978-0-7006-1709-8
O'Ballance, Edgar. Korea: 1950–1953. Hamden: Archon, 1969. Print.
Shaara, Jeff (2017), The Frozen Hours: A Novel of the Korean War. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 9780345549228.
Stein, R. Conrad (1994). The Korean War: "The Forgotten War". Hillside, NJ: Enslow Publishers. ISBN 0-89490-526-0.
Stokesbury, James L (1990). A Short History of the Korean War. New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-688-09513-5.
Srivastava, Mahavir Prasad (1982). The Korean Conflict: Search for Unification. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India. ISBN 9780876922170.

British Commonwealth

Bercuson, David J. (1999), Blood on the Hills: the Canadian Army in the Korean War, Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, ISBN 0-8020-0980-8

Johnston, William (2003), A War of Patrols: Canadian Army Operations in Korea, Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-1008-4

Belgium

Crahay, Albert (1985), The Brown Berets in Korea 1950–1953 (Béréts Bruns en Corée 1950–53) (in French), Brussels: Editions J.M. Collet
(in French and Dutch) Crahay, Albert, The Belgians in Korea (Les Belges en Corée / De Belgen in Korea)
(in French and Dutch) Verhaegen, Benoît (1999), A Season in Korea: From the "Kamina" to the Imjin (Une Saison en Corée: Du " Kamina " à Imjin / Operatie in Korea: Van 'Kamina' naar Imjin), Brussels: Editions Racine, ISBN 2-87386-164-9
(in French and Dutch) Tobback, André, In Korea 1952–1953: At the front with 2 platoon, B company (En Corée: 1952-53 – Au front avec la 2ème peloton de la compagnie B / In Korea 1952–1953 – Aan het front met het 2de peloton va, de compagnie B)
de Wit, Franz (2003), Belgians Can Do Too! Korea 15 July 1951 – 15 July 1952 (in Dutch), Brussels: De Krijger
Pontzeele, Didier (2004), Goodnight Irene: The Korean War diary of Marcel Fichefet (Goodnight Irene: Het Koreaans oorlogsdagboek van Marcel Fichefet) (in Dutch), Brussels: De Krijger
(in French and Dutch) Peerlinck, Hugo, Chronicle of the Belgian Battalion in Korea 1950–1955 (Chronique du Bataillon Belge Corée 1950–55 / Kroniek Van Het Belgisch Koreabataljon 1950–1955), Brussels: Editions Flyingpencil
Peerlinck, Hugo, Album of the Belgian Battalion in Korea 1950–1955 (Album van het Belgisch Koreabataljon 1950–1955) (in Dutch), Brussels: Editions Flyingpencil
Gahide, Jean-Pierre (1991). Belgium and the Korean War: 1950–1955 (La Belgique et la guerre de Corée: 1950-1955) (in French). Brussels: Koninklijk Legermuseum. ISBN 9782870510100.

China

Xue, Yan (徐焰) (1990), First Confrontation: Reviews and Reflections on the History of War to Resist America and Aid Korea (第一次较量：抗美援朝战争的历史回顾与反思) (in Chinese), Beijing: Chinese Radio and Television Publishing House, ISBN 7-5043-0542-1
Zhang, Shu Guang (1995), Mao's Military Romanticism: China and the Korean War, 1950–1953, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, ISBN 0-7006-0723-4

Ethiopia

Skordiles, Komon, Kagnew, the story of the Ethiopian fighters in Korea, 1954

India

Paul, A. K. (1953). India and the Commonwealth in the Korean War. Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London.
Heimsath, Charles Herman (1956). India's role in the Korean war.
Gatlin, Douglas Stuart (1956). Indian National Interest and the Korean War: A Case Study. Gainesville: University of Florida.
Dayal, Shiv (1959). India's Role in the Korean Question: A Study in the Settlement of International Disputes Under the United Nations. New Delhi: S. Chand.
Misra, Biswamohan (1964). "The Indian U.N. Policy during the Korean Crisis". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 25 (3/4): 145–151. ISSN 0019-5510. JSTOR 41854025.
Kaushik, Ram Pal (1972). The Crucial Years of Non-alignment: USA, Korean War, India. Kumar Bros. ISBN 9780896845442.
Prasad, Sri Nandan (1976). Chakravorty, B. (ed.). History of the Custodian Force (India) in Korea, 1953-54. New Delhi: Historical Section, Ministry of Defence, Government of India.
Kim, Kyoung-soo (1983). The Genesis of Non-alignment: A Study of India's Foreign Policy with Special Reference to the Korean War (1950-53). State University of New York at Albany.
Hull, Victoria Dryden (1984). Indo-American Relations During the Korean War. University Microfilms.
The Indian Army: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. New Delhi: Lancer Publishers. 1997. p. 114. ISBN 9781897829011.
India Intelligence, Security Activities and Operations Handbook. IBP USA. 2007. p. 130. ISBN 9781433023019.
China: the Korean War ; Relations with India, the United States and the United Nations, Internal Developments, September 1950. Adam Matthew Digital. 2011.
Barnes, Robert (2013). "Between the Blocs: India, the United Nations, and Ending the Korean War". The Journal of Korean Studies. 18 (2): 263–286. doi:10.1353/jks.2013.0022. ISSN 0731-1613. JSTOR 44080505. S2CID 143769689.

South Korea

United States

Alexander, Bevin R. (1986), Korea: The First War We Lost, New York, NY: Hippocrene Books, Inc, ISBN 978-0-87052-135-5
Fehrenbach, T.R. (2001), This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History – Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, Potomac Books Inc., ISBN 978-1-57488-334-3
Halberstam, David (2007), The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War, New York, NY: Hyperion Books, ISBN 978-1401300524

Turkey

Gunacgun, Ilker (2011), Sakin Sabahlar Ülkesi [Land of the Morning Calm], Istanbul, Turkey: Sokak Kitapları Yayınları, ISBN 9789944205429

Prisoners of war

Bassett, Richard M. And the Wind Blew Cold: The Story of an American POW in North Korea. Kent State U. Press, 2002. 117 pp.
Biderman, Albert D. (1963), March to Calumny: The Story of American POW's in Korea, New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, OCLC 4956442
Carlson, Lewis H. (2002). Remembered Prisoners of a Forgotten War: An Oral History of Korean War POWs. St Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-28684-8.
Cunningham, Cyril (2000), No Mercy, No Leniency: Communist Mistreatment of British Prisoners of War in Korea, Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Leo Cooper, ISBN 0-85052-767-8
Heo, Man-ho (2002). North Korea's Continued Detention of South Korean POWs since the Korean and Vietnam Wars (PDF). Vol. XIV No. 2. pp. 141–65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-28. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
Kinkhead, Eugene (1981), In Every War But One, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-23113-3
Lech, Raymond B. (2000), Broken Soldiers, Chicago, IL: University of Illinois, ISBN 0-252-02541-5
Young, Charles S. (2014), Name, Rank, and Serial Number: Exploiting Korean War POWs at Home and Abroad, New York: Oxford, ISBN 978-0-19-518348-1
Yoo, Young-Bok (2012), Tears of Blood: A Korean POW's Fight for Freedom, Family and Justice, Los Angeles, CA: Korean War POW Affairs, ISBN 978-1479383856

Unit history

Bowers, William T.; Hammong, William M.; MacGarrigle, George L. (2005), Black Soldier, White Army: The 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea, Honolulu, Hawaii: University Press of the Pacific, ISBN 978-1-4102-2467-5
Hayhurst, Fred (2001), Green Berets in Korea: The Story of 41 Independent Commando – Royal Marines, New York, NY: Vanguard Press, ISBN 1-903489-12-1
Guo, Bao Heng (郭宝恒); Hu, Zhi Yuan (胡支援) (1996), Gallop Across the Han River: 42nd Corps in Korea (驰骋汉江南北 : 四十二军在朝鲜) (in Chinese), Shenyang, China: Liaoning People's Publishing House, ISBN 7-205-03506-6
Jiang, Yong Hui (江拥輝) (1989), 38th Corps in Korea (三十八军在朝鲜) (in Chinese), Shenyang, China: Liaoning People's Publishing House, ISBN 7-205-00630-9
Villahermosa, Gilberto N. (2009), Honor and Fidelity: The 65th Infantry in Korea, 1950-1953, Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History, archived from the original on 2010-11-08, retrieved 2010-11-09
Wu, Xin Quan (吳信泉); Wang, Zhao Yun (王照运) (1996), 1000 Days on the Korean Battlefield: 39th Corps in Korea (朝鲜战场1000天：三十九军在朝鲜) (in Chinese), Shenyang, China: Liaoning People's Publishing House, ISBN 7-205-03504-X
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