1st Edition

The Korean War at Sixty New Approaches to the Study of the Korean War

Edited By Steven Casey Copyright 2012
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Korea used to be the ‘forgotten war.’ Now, however, experts widely view it as a pivotal moment in the history of the Cold War, while its legacy still scars contemporary East Asian politics. The sixtieth anniversary of the Korean War is a fitting time both to assess the current state of historiography on the conflict and to showcase new research on its different dimensions. This book contains... Read more

Introduction. Steven Casey, LSE.

1. ‘"An Alliance Forged in Blood": The American Occupation of Korea, the Korean War, and the U.S.-South Korean Alliance.’ William Stueck, University of Georgia and Boram Yi, University of Baltimore.

2. ‘China and the Dispatch of the Soviet Air Force: The Formation of the Chinese-Soviet-Korean Alliance in the Early Stage of the Korean War.’ Zhihua Shen, East China Normal Univeristy.

3. ‘Branding an Aggressor: The Commonwealth, the United Nations and the Chinese Intervention in the Korean War.’ Robert Barnes, LSE.

4. ‘Lost Chance or Lost Horizon? Strategic Opportunity and Escalation Risk in the Korean War, April-July 1951.’ Colin Jackson, US Naval War College.

5. ‘Casualty Reporting and Domestic Support for War: The U.S. Experience during the Korean War.’ Steven Casey, LSE.

6. ‘POWs: The Hidden Reason for Forgetting Korea.’ Charles S. Young, Southern Arkansas University.

Biography

Steven Casey is Reader in International History at the LSE. He is author of Cautious Crusade: Franklin D. Roosevelt, American Public Opinion, and the War against Nazi Germany (2001), and Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion (2008), which won the Truman Book Award.