Synopsis

General Matt Ridgway arrived in Korea to discover his Eighth Army in a state of profound disarray, its effectiveness shattered from the highest ranks to the lowest. He had scant days to mend these divisions and prepare the forces for renewed engagement against the advancing Communist Chinese. The burden was immense; the UN forces commander, Douglas MacArthur, relentlessly urged Washington to escalate the conflict, by any means necessary – conventional warfare or the use of atomic weapons. With t