Drawn from the accounts of some 90 veterans, this is the story of Great Britain and Australia in the Korean War.

Introduction -- Glossary -- Note to the Reader -- Part one : Triumph : Prologue : Strangers in the night -- Thunder in the East -- Under Korean skies -- Into the inferno -- Turned tide and new allies -- Behind enemy lines -- Dust clouds and burning towns -- At the tip of the spear -- Part two : Tragedy : North wind -- Scorched Earth -- White hell -- Black snow -- Dark Christmas -- Appendix : where are they now -- Acknowledgements and sources -- Notes -- Index.