TY - BOOK AU - ALEXANDER Bevin TI - Korea: the first war we lost SN - 0781805775 (pbk.): PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - Hippocrene KW - KOREAN WAR N2 - A history of the war which also tries to show that Western leaders might have concluded the conflict much earlier with fewer casualties had they heeded signals indicating China's intention to enter. Instead South Korea and the Western allies fought 2 wars - one with North Korea which they won, and one with Communist China which they lost ER -