Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic HistoryPrinceton University Press, 2002 - 285 من الصفحات 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 of the Korean War's major diplomatic and strategic issues. Drawing on a cache of newly available information from archives in the United States, China, and the former Soviet Union, he provides an interpretive synthesis for scholars and general readers alike. Beginning with the decision to divide Korea in 1945, he analyzes first the origins and then the course of the conflict. He takes into account the balance between the international and internal factors that led to the war and examines the difficulty in containing and eventually ending the fighting. This discussion covers the progression toward Chinese intervention as well as factors that both prolonged the war and prevented it from expanding beyond Korea. Stueck goes on to address the impact of the war on Korean-American relations and evaluates the performance and durability of an American political culture confronting a challenge from authoritarianism abroad. Stueck's crisp yet in-depth analysis combines insightful treatment of past events with a suggestive appraisal of their significance for present and future. |
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... Cold War . It militarized a conflict that previously had been large- ly political and economic . And it so- lidified ... Cold War world . The Korean War grew out of the Cold War , it exacerbated the Cold War , and its impact transcended ...
... Cold War to Korea 11 CHAPTER 2 Syngman Rhee , the Truman Doctrine , and American Policy toward Korea , 1947-1948 39 CHAPTER 3 Why the Korean War , Not the Korean Civil War ? 61 PART II COURSE CHAPTER 4 The Road to Chinese Intervention.
... Cold War . It did not end that conflict ; indeed , it intensified and militarized it as never before . For Koreans it was a total war , with some 10 percent of the population either killed , wounded , or missing . In property , South ...
... Cold War . Deep divisions existed among Koreans prior to the actions of the United States and the Soviet Union in 1945 , both among exiles and among those who remained at home . These cleavages contributed sig- nificantly to the course ...
... Cold War and with new and complex chal- lenges confronting the United States both at home and abroad , the time is ripe for a fresh examination of democracy's performance dur- ing the Korean War era . 1 7 The Korean War was a ...