Editors’ Preface Abbreviations Notes Glossary Preface Part 1: The Period of Annexation CHAPTER 1: A GENERAL FRAMEWORK Japan and Korea Policies of the Powers toward Korea – the United States and Great Britain Perception in the Study of International History CHAPTER 2: POLITICS OF ANNEXATION Problems in Existing Studies East Asian Relations after the Russo-Japanese War Protectorate Politics and the Powers Annexation and the Powers Conclusion: Annexation and International Politics CHAPTER 3: CONSOLIDATION AND EXPANSION: THE 1910s Issues The East Asian Situation and Korea Korea and Manchuria Domestic Affairs and Changes of Perception Conclusion CHAPTER 4: THE MARCH FIRST MOVEMENT (1919) Problems in Existing Studies The East Asian Situation and Korea British Reactions and the Jiandao Incident American Reactions Conclusion CHAPTER 5: CHANGES IN PEACETIME: THE 1920s The East Asian Situation Japan and Changes of Perception Japan’s Continental Policy and the Korean Peninsula Japan’s Colonial Policy and the Powers Conclusion CHAPTER 6: BRIDGE BETWEEN JAPAN AND MANCHURIA:THE 1930s Issues The East Asian Situation and Korea The Korean Peninsula and Manchuria Japan’s Colonial Policy and the Powers Conclusion RETROSPECTIVE: KOREA THROUGH A WESTERN LOOKING GLASS Part 2: Role of the US and Other Powers CHAPTER 7 PROBLEMS IN PREVIOUS STUDIES ON LIBERATION AND DIVISION CHAPTER 8 : U.S. POLICY TOWARD KOREA: RECOGNITION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMEN The United States and the Korean Question Early Responses: Common Approach with China and Britain Review of the Korean Question before the Cairo Declaration Cairo and After Reactivating the Allies’ Common Policy Conclusion CHAPTER 9: CHINA’S KOREA POLICY: REASSERTION OF ITS POSITION AND KOREA The United States and Other Powers in the Korean Question Wartime Policies of the KMT Government and Korea Restraints Imposed upon the KPG and Independence Army Response of the KPG to the KMT Policy Sino-American Cooperation and Confrontation over Korea Policy Conclusion: Liberation and the Change of China’s KPG Policy CHAPTER 10 : BRITISH KOREA POLICY: RESTORATION OF THE EMPIRE AND THE KOREAN QUESTION Britain’s Presence in the Korean Question Restoration of the Empire – Clash with the United States East Asia and Korea in British Policy British Perceptions of the Korean Question The Cairo Declaration and After Conclusion: “Korea in World Politics” CHAPTER 11: THE SOVIET UNION AND KOREA: REVISITING SOVIET INTERVENTION IN THE KOREAN QUESTION Soviet Factors in U.S. Korea Policy Soviet Entry into the Korean Question U.S. Deterrence vis-a-vis the Soviets in Kore Military Occupation and the Division of Korea A Reinterpretation of the Soviet Intervention Conclusion: Finlandization and Division? CHAPTER 12: A NEW LOOK AT THE TRUSTEESHIP Problems in Existing Interpretations Trusteeship in Colonial History The Allies’ Discussions on Trusteeship Korean Trusteeship: Historical Perceptions and Realities American Preparations for Trusteeship Conclusion: Trusteeship and Division EPILOGUE AND CONCLUSION: AN ESTABLISHED DIVISION Epilogue Conclusion: The Division Established Bibliography Index