Format:
Online-Ressource (440 p)
ISBN:
9780691116266
Content:
Nearly half a century after the fighting stopped, the 1953 Armistice has yet to be replaced with a peace treaty formally ending the Korean War. While Russia and China withdrew the last of their forces in 1958, the United States maintains 37,000 troops in South Korea and is pledged to defend it with nuclear weapons. In Korean Endgame, Selig Harrison mounts the first authoritative challenge to this long-standing U.S. policy. Harrison shows why North Korea is not--as many policymakers expect--about to collapse. And he explains why existing U.S. policies hamper North-South reconciliation and reu
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Contents; Foreword; Overview: The United States and Korea; PART I: Will North Korea Collapse?; PART II: Reunification: Postponing the Dream; PART III: Toward U.S. Disengagement; PART IV: Toward a Nuclear-Free Korea; PART V: Korea in Northeast Asia; Notes to the Chapters; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781400824915
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691116266
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Korean Endgame : A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement
Language:
English
Keywords:
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