The Coldest Winter (Halberstam, 2007)
1950–1953 · Resource
David Halberstam's last book: the Korean War as narrative — MacArthur's hubris, the Chinese avalanche, Ridgway's rescue, and the forgotten war's soldiers at eye level.
On these timelines: Resources: Combined, Popular history books
Around 1950
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Korean War (1950)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)