Combat: Parallel Lines

Winter of 1950-1951: Facing the massive and determined Chinese intervention MacArthur said would never come, US 8^th Army is forced into a shattering retreat from North Korea to the 38^th Parallel and beyond. A change in US strategy—and a change of generals—could end the retreat and regain the upper hand. But American and global politics threaten to force the conflict to a stalemate at the Parallel that neither side has the will—or the means—to break.