Korea at War: Conflicts That Shaped the World

Korea at War: Conflicts That Shaped the World – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780804854627,0804854629,9781462923656, 1462923658

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• ISBN 10:  1462923658
  ISBN 13: 9781462923656
• Author: Michael J. Seth

An engaging history covering a century of conflict on the Korean Peninsula

Korea at War recounts how two separate nations emerged on the Korean peninsula as the result of devastating conflicts involving provocative personalities and superpower intrigues. The topics covered in this fascinating book include:

• The brutal years of Japanese colonial rule which began with Japan’s annexation of Korea and ended with its defeat in World War II–and which still dominate Japanese-Korean relations today
• The division of the country into a totalitarian North and a prosperous, democratic South
• North Korea’s invasion of the South, motivated by Stalin, which led to the bloody Korean War–a conflict that is still not settled to this day
• The irascible General Douglas MacArthur, who was relieved of his command by President Truman when he disobeyed a direct order and attempted to expand the war into China
• The rise of the Kim regime in North Korea and the continuing threat of nuclear war today

Table of contents:

1. CHAPTER 1: “Righteous Armies”.
2. CHAPTER 2: Colonial Oppression and Divided Nationalists
3. CHAPTER 3: The Emerging Civil War, 1945–1950
4. CHAPTER 4: Failed Attempts at Reunification
5. CHAPTER 5: Stalemate and Ceasefire
6. CHAPTER 6: The Three Revolutionary Forces, 1953–1972
7. CHAPTER 7: Tension, Détente, and Renewed Tension, 1972–1994
8. CHAPTER 8: Sunshine and Nukes: the Korean Conflict, 1994–2011
9. CHAPTER 9: The Third Generation

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