Security in Korea: War, Stalemate, and Negotiation

ISBN-13: 9780367302412 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 314 str.

Phil Williams; Donald M. Goldstein

Opis

In this book, the authors offer an overview of the evolution of security on the Korean peninsula, examine U.S. policy prior to and during the Korean War and look at the changes in U.S. commitment to South Korea during a period of global stalemate that had been shaped in part by the war itself.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Preface: Matthew Ridgway and the Korean War -- Security in Korea: The Road Less Traveled -- The War -- U.S. Policy on the Eve of the Korean War: Abandonment or Safeguard? -- The Korean War: Background and Overview -- Collision in Korea: Misperception or Miscalculation? -- The Politics of the Korean War -- No Winners, Many Losers: The End of the Korean War -- The Consequences -- Reaping What Was Sowed: Effects of the Korean War -- "The Past Is Not Dead, It Is Not Even Past": The Korean War Through the Lens of Vietnam -- President Carter's Troop Withdrawal from Korea -- Beyond Stalemate -- The United States Commitment to South Korea: An Uncertain Future -- The U.S. Military Presence in Korea: The Warfighters' Perspective -- The Context of Korean Unification: The Case for a Multilateral Security Structure -- Korea Amidst the Great Powers -- Korea at the Crossroads: Nuclearization or Reunification?

O autorze

Phil Williams, Donald M. Goldstein, Henry L. Andrews