Rethinking the Korean War A New Diplomatic and Strategic History

Name: Rethinking the Korean War A New Diplomatic and Strategic History
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ISBN: 9780691118475

ISBN-10: 0691118477

ISBN-13: 9780691118475

Edition: 2002

Authors: William Stueck, William W. Stueck

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Fought on what to Westerners was a remote peninsula in northeast Asia, the Korean War was a defining moment of the Cold War. It militarized a conflict that previously had been largely political and economic. And it solidified a series of divisions--of Korea into North and South, of Germany and Europe into East and West, and of China into the mainland and Taiwan--which were to persist for at least two generations. Two of these divisions continue to the present, marking two of the most dangerous political hotspots in the post-Cold War world. The Korean War grew out of the Cold War, it exacerbated the Cold War, and its impact transcended the Cold War. William Stueck presents a fresh analysis…

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 1/25/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Origins



The Coming of the Cold War to Korea



Syngman Rhee, the Truman Doctrine, and American Policy toward Korea, 1947-1948



Why the Korean War, Not the Korean Civil War?



Course



The Road to Chinese Intervention, July-November 1950



Why the War Did Not Expand beyond Korea, November 1950-July 1951



Negotiating an Armistice, July 1951-July 1953: Why Did It Take So Long?



Broader Issues



The Korean War and the American Relationship with Korea



The Korean War as a Challenge to American Democracy


Abbreviations


Notes


Index