The book under review is a salient example of the new history of the Korean War. In the last few years the "forgotten war" has not only been remembered afresh, but has also been rendered a hot topic in the field by an emerging new historiography based on new Russian and Chinese sources. Whiting's classic study, China Crosses the Yalu (1960), a significant number of scholarly works have considered China's adventurous intervention in the Korean War. Like any complex international event, the history of the Korean War is a three-dimensional puzzle of many sides. Reviewed by: Xiaoyuan Liu, Postdam College of SUNY. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1995. Mao's Military Romanticism: China and the Korean War, 1950-1953. For other documents on Mao Zedong, click here.
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