As the first large-scale international local war after WWII, the Korean War involved to varying degrees the United States, the United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union and China, the world’s five powers, exerting significant impacts on the world strategic pattern and military development. From the Chinese perspective, this war was the war to resist US aggression, aid Korea and defend homeland, referred to as the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which began in October 1950. This war was a major event in the history of contemporary China, and the first war that the New China was dragged into after its founding. Despite the inferiority of their weapons, the Chinese People’s Volunteers defeated the US-led UN Forces, setting a shining example of weak countries defeating the strong ones.

Based on rich, solid and authoritative historical materials, with comprehensive, systematic, and objective description focusing on combat operations, political struggles, top-level decision-making and strategic guidance, this book seeks to give readers a panoramic view of the history of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea that represents both the official and the mainstream academic viewpoints of China.