In 1950, just five years after the end of World War II, Britain and America again went to war - this time to try and combat the spread of communism in East Asia following the invasion of South Korea by communist forces from the North. This book charts the course of the UK-US 'special relationship' from the journey to war beginning in 1947, to the fall of the Labour government in 1951.

Map of the Korean Peninsula -- A halfway house between capitalism and totalitarianism -- Recognising communist China -- 'An unstable little state below the 38th parallel' -- A war by any other name -- Indian-British overtures to the Soviet Union -- Crossing the parallel -- The Chinese intervention -- MacArthur.