Matthew B. Ridgway, General, U.S. Army, is retired. In December, 1950, Ridgway replaced General Walton Walker as commander of the Eighth Army, and in April, 1951, he succeeded Douglas MacArthur as supreme commander of the United Nations forces in Korea and supreme commander of the United States Far East Command.

• * The Land of Morning CalmPrelude to the Storm * Challenge and ResponseThe Gallant Stand of Task Force Smith * The United Nations on the OffensiveThe Inchon Landing and the Breakout from the Perimeter * Near Disaster on the YaluThe Chinese Enter the WarRebuilding the Fighting SpiritReturn to the Offensive * The President and the GeneralDismissal of MacArthurCauses and ConsequencesThe Chinese Are Driven Back * Truce Talks and StalemateBitter Fighting on the Ridgesthe Nature of the Enemy * The Final MonthsThe POW RiotsClark Succeeds MeThe Truce Is Signed * Issues and AnswersMeaning of the MacArthur ControversyMilitary and Political Implications * Lessons Learned and UnlearnedTheir Significance in Our Search for Peace * Korean War Calendar

Matthew B. Ridgway, General, U.S. Army, is retired. In December, 1950, Ridgway replaced General Walton Walker as commander of the Eighth Army, and in April, 1951, he succeeded Douglas MacArthur as supreme commander of the United Nations forces in Korea and supreme commander of the United States Far East Command.

• * The Land of Morning CalmPrelude to the Storm * Challenge and ResponseThe Gallant Stand of Task Force Smith * The United Nations on the OffensiveThe Inchon Landing and the Breakout from the Perimeter * Near Disaster on the YaluThe Chinese Enter the WarRebuilding the Fighting SpiritReturn to the Offensive * The President and the GeneralDismissal of MacArthurCauses and ConsequencesThe Chinese Are Driven Back * Truce Talks and StalemateBitter Fighting on the Ridgesthe Nature of the Enemy * The Final MonthsThe POW RiotsClark Succeeds MeThe Truce Is Signed * Issues and AnswersMeaning of the MacArthur ControversyMilitary and Political Implications * Lessons Learned and UnlearnedTheir Significance in Our Search for Peace * Korean War Calendar

Matthew B. Ridgway, General, U.S. Army, is retired. In December, 1950, Ridgway replaced General Walton Walker as commander of the Eighth Army, and in April, 1951, he succeeded Douglas MacArthur as supreme commander of the United Nations forces in Korea and supreme commander of the United States Far East Command.

• * The Land of Morning CalmPrelude to the Storm * Challenge and ResponseThe Gallant Stand of Task Force Smith * The United Nations on the OffensiveThe Inchon Landing and the Breakout from the Perimeter * Near Disaster on the YaluThe Chinese Enter the WarRebuilding the Fighting SpiritReturn to the Offensive * The President and the GeneralDismissal of MacArthurCauses and ConsequencesThe Chinese Are Driven Back * Truce Talks and StalemateBitter Fighting on the Ridgesthe Nature of the Enemy * The Final MonthsThe POW RiotsClark Succeeds MeThe Truce Is Signed * Issues and AnswersMeaning of the MacArthur ControversyMilitary and Political Implications * Lessons Learned and UnlearnedTheir Significance in Our Search for Peace * Korean War Calendar