Part One. The Korean war: a short history
1. Background and origins of the war
2. The opening phase: south toward Pusan, north to the Yalu
4. The Chosin reservoir retreat and advance to the north
5. Truce talks and prison riots
6. Trench warfare and peace
Part Two. Many faces, one war
10. A North Korean officer's story
11. China's crouching dragon
Part Three. Chosin accounts
12. The Chosin reservoir: a marine's story
13. The Chosin reservoir: a Chinese captain's story
Part Four. On the front lines
14. The Hwachon reservoir fighting
19. A ROK lieutenant survives the bloody ridges
20. The Chinese go underground
21. North and south: a Korean youth serves in both armies
Part Five. Behind the front lines
22. The "lighter" side of the war
23. A Korean housewife's story
Part Six. POW camps: north and south
24. An american officer observes the Koje island uprising
25. One week of war, three years of captivity
26. A first sergeant's experience as a POW
27. Organizing the riots on Koje: Colonel Zhao's story