books on the korean war?

[Princess Luna]

Can anybody recommend some good books on the Korean war? Every book i can find shows North Korea as cartoonish villains and the Americans as a noble liberators

[Chimurenga.]

The work of Bruce Cumings, particularly, "North Korea: Another Country" and he has a book that just came out this year called "The Korean War". I haven't read that one but I'm sure that its in depth and good.

[x359594]

Second the recommendation for any book by Bruce Cummings on Korea. He's published The Origins of the Korean War in two volumes. His photo book Korea: the Unknown War from the Thames TV documentary is also good. I.F. Stone's The Hidden History of the Korean War is another book worth reading.