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COMMUNIST LOGISTICS IN THE KOREAN WAR by Charles R. Shrader. 312 pages. Greenwood Publishing Inc., Westport, CT. 1995. $59.95.
This comprehensive book describes logistic systems used by the North Korean Peoples Army (NKPA) and the Chinese Communist Force (CCF) deployed on the Korean Peninsula from June 1950 to July 1953. With the book's excellent charts, maps, diagrams, sketches and tables, the reader can visualize the sophisticated logistic infrastructure developed by communist forces despite hostile terrain, inhospitable weather and the combined effects of determined ground resistance and overwhelming naval and air power.
Author Charles R. Shrader begins with a regional peninsula appraisal. He discusses the country's geography, including its climate, topography, waterways and road and rail networks, and gives detailed data about the age and location of rail lines, availability and capability of rolling stock, location and capabilities of port facilities, navigable waterways and the north-south/eastwest road networks...