UID:
almafu_9961152650402883
Format:
1 online resource (xxvii, 314 pages) :
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illustrations, map.
ISBN:
1-000-31111-2
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1-000-23923-3
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0-429-30570-2
Series Statement:
Ridgway series in international security studies
Content:
An erratic, aging North Korean leadership intent on dynastic succession and development of nuclear weapons is attracting a lot of attention in the Asia-Pacific Region -- an area of utmost importance to the United States. Current concerns about security in Korea provide the backdrop to this volume, which offers an overview of the evolution of security on the Korean peninsula and an assessment of the U.S. role there from the 1940s to the present. A distinctive feature of this volume is the long historical perspective that is brought to bear on contemporary security dilemmas. The renowned contributors examine U.S. policy prior to and during the Korean War and look at the subsequent changes in U.S. commitment to South Korea during a period of global stalemate that had been shaped in part by the war itself. The authors then assess the future of U.S.-Korean relations within the context of the changing international environment, considering the prospects for future strife, the merits of a cooperative security system, and the possibility of reunification.
Note:
First published 1994 by Westview Press.
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Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface: Matthew Ridgway and the Korean War; Acknowledgments; Map of Korea; 1 Security in Korea: The Road Less Traveled; PART ONE The War; 2 U.S. Policy on the Eve of the Korean War: Abandonment or Safeguard?; 3 The Korean War: Background and Overview; 4 Collision in Korea: Misperception or Miscalculation?; 5 The Politics of the Korean War; 6 No Winners, Many Losers: The End of the Korean War; PART TWO The Consequences; 7 Reaping What Was Sowed: Effects of the Korean War
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8 ""The Past Is Not Dead, It Is Not Even Past"": The Korean War Through the Lens of Vietnam9 President Carter's Troop Withdrawal from Korea; PART THREE Beyond Stalemate; 10 The United States Commitment to South Korea: An Uncertain Future; 11 The U.S. Military Presence in Korea: The Warfighters' Perspective; 12 The Context of Korean Unification: The Case for a Multilateral Security Structure; 13 Korea Amidst the Great Powers; 14 Korea at the Crossroads: Nuclearization or Reunification?; List of Acronyms; Selected Bibliography of the Korean War; About the Book; About the Contributors; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-367-28695-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-367-30241-1
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
