| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 186 pages, 8 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Seminar studies in history |
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Seminar studies in history
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| Contents |
History and Memory: The Korean War -- Korean History and World History -- Approaching Korea -- The Ideological Origins of the Korean War -- Syngman Rhee and the Great Powers before 1945 -- Wilsonian Liberalism and Korean Nationalism -- The Russian Revolution and the Korean Communist Movement, 1917-45 -- The Great Powers and Korea during the Second World War -- Conflict in Korea -- The Great Powers and the Two Koreas, 1945-50 -- Koreans between the Superpowers -- Syngman Rhee and the American Occupation -- Soviet Occupation and the Emergence of Kim Il Sung -- Korea's Cold War in Global Context, 1947-48 -- The Korean Conflict, 1948-50 -- Syngman Rhee and the Origins of the Korean War -- Kim Il Sung and the Origins of the Korean War -- International War in Korea -- Korea's Global War, 1950-51 -- Kim Il Sung, Stalin, Mao and the Approach of War, 1949-50 -- Preparing for War: America and NSC 68 -- North Korean Offensive and US Response -- The United Nations' Counter-offensive, June-August 1950 -- Rollback, American Style: September 1950 -- Pyongyang, Beijing and Moscow -- Expanded War: October 1950-February 1951 -- Military Stalemate and the Downfall of MacArthur -- Soldier, Civilian: A Social History of the Korean War -- War as Social History -- Wartime Korea, 1950 -- Race and the Korean War: Fighting Jim Crow -- The British Commonwealth at War -- Disease in the Korean War -- Wartime Culture: UNC Troop Morale and Lifestyle beyond the Trenches -- Women and the Korean War -- Soldier, Civilian: The Two Koreas -- The Chinese Homefront |
| Summary |
Tens of thousands of US soldiers and untold millions of Koreans died in this war the first major arena of the East-West conflict. This concise international history of the war offers a new approach to its understanding, tracing its origins and dynamics to the interplay between modern Korean history and twentieth century world history. The narrative also uniquely examines the social history of the conflict, and includes material on the newly racially integrated US fighting forces, war and disease, women and war and life in the Prisoner of War camps. While most surveys stop at 1953, with the si |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-174) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Korean War, 1950-1953.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Koreaanse oorlog.
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Koreakriget 1950-1953.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001038861 |
| ISBN |
9781317882220 |
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1317882229 |
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9781317882237 |
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1317882237 |
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