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With the pivotal fights of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-ni in February 1951, UN causes met and comprised large-scale disorders by Chinese causes. Colonel Paul Freeman and the larger-than-life Colonel Ralph Monclar led the North american 23rd Infantry Regiment and the People from france Bataillon de Corée, respectively, in the fierce and dangerous fights that adopted the precipitous UN retreat down the Korean Peninsula. In Control in the Crucible, Kenneth Hamburger details the activities of the units in the US counteroffensive following a Chinese intervention, including tedious patrols, the harrowing struggle of Twin Tunnels, and the pivotal siege of Chipyong-ni. From considerable personal interviews and a careful reconstruction of the written record, Hamburger brilliantly analyzes the roles that training, cohesion, morale, logistics, and authority play in success or failing on leading lines of limited conflict. He also addresses the vexing problem of when, and at what level, commanders have right and even the duty to question lawful purchases they believe that are flawed. In this careful consideration of combat authority at all levels, Hamburger offers his listeners tales of men sustaining themselves and each other to the restrictions of human endurance.