The Korean War

ISBN-13: 9780582319882 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 204 str.

Lee Steven Hugh

Opis

One of the most important conflicts of the second half of the 20th century, the Korean War defined the Cold War and provided a dress rehearsal for Vietnam ten years later. 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 narrative 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 signing of the armistice, Steven Hugh Lee carries the story through to the Geneva Conference in the spring of 1954 - the last major international effort before recent years to negotiate a permanent peace for the Korean peninsula.

Spis treści

PART ONE: The Background, PART TWO: Conflict in Korea PART Three : International War in Korea, PART FOUR: The Legacy PART FIVE: Documents

O autorze

Stephen Hugh Lee teaches history at the University of British Columbia.