Korean Short History - Couverture souple

Stokesbury, James L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0688095135 ISBN 13 : 9780688095130

Editeur : HarperPB, 1990

Synopsis

Korean Short History An enlightening account of America's first military manifestation of the cold war. War having never been declared, the mission was merely called a "peace action", though it eventually involved 19 member countries of the United Nations and more than 250,000 U.S. troops. 7 maps. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

As pungent and concise as his short histories of both world wars, Stokesbury's survey of "the half war" takes a broad view and seems to leave nothing out but the details. The first third covers the North Korean invasion of June 1950, the Pusan perimeter crisis, MacArthur's master stroke at Inchon and the intervention by Chinese forces that November. At this point, other popular histories of the war reach the three-quarter mark, ending often with a cursory summary of the comparatively undramatic three-and-a-half years required to bring the war to its ambiguous conclusion on July 27, 1953. Stokesbury renders the latter period as interesting as the operational fireworks of the first six months: the Truman-MacArthur controversy; the political limitations on U.S. air power; the need for the Americans to fight the war as cheaply as possible, due to NATO commitments; the prolonged negotiations at Panmunjom over the prisoner-exchange issue; and the effect of the war on the home front. Whether the United States could have/should have stayed out of the war in the first place comes under discussion: "no" on both counts, according to the author.

Biographie de l'auteur :

James L. Stokesbury is the author of A Short History of World War I, A Short History of World War II, A Short History of the Korean War, and A Short History of the American Revolution. Before his death in 1995 he was a professor of history at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperPB
• Date d'édition: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0688095135
• ISBN 13: 9780688095130
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280