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Title Korea : where the American century began / Michael Pembroke.
Author Pembroke, Michael, 1955- author.
Publisher London, England : Oneworld Publications, 2018.
Copyright ©2018
Description xxi, 346 pages : map, facsimiles ; 25 cm
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 PJ-Lower Stacks  951 PEM Nearby on shelf  30644003172862 12-03-18  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-316) and index.
Contents Part 1. Geography and history -- This accursed land -- Missionaries and gunboats -- Part 2. Origins of conflict -- A fateful division -- Two states emerge -- Part 3. China goes to war -- Power play -- American hubris -- China crosses the Yalu -- American calamity -- Part 4. The American response -- Indignation and attrition -- The bombing campaign -- Nuclear near miss -- Secrets and lies -- Propaganda prisoners -- Part 5. The legacy -- New world order -- Dystopia -- Afterword: the battle for Maryang San.
Subject Korean War, 1950-1953.
Korea -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Korea.
ISBN 9781786074737
1786074737