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The partition of Korea after World War II : a global history / Jongsoo Lee.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Jongsoo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korea--History--Partition, 1945.
- Korea.
- History.
- World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union--Diplomatic history.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Diplomatic history.
- Korea--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1948.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 220 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Summary:
- Sixty years after Korea' s partition into South Korea and North Korea, a full understanding of how this partition occurred is still wanting. Based on a careful examination of sources in Russian, English and Korean, including new archival evidence from Moscow, this book seeks to provide this understanding. Taking into account not only the policies of the Soviet Union and the United States but also the roles played by the Koreans themselves, Jongsoo Lee untangles the complex dynamics of the Korean partition, placing this partition in the context of modern world history and the emerging Cold War. Comparing Korea with Germany, Austria, Finland and elsewhere after World War II, Lee suggests possible alternative outcomes to Korean partition, thus shedding light on Korea' s present predicament as she faces the challenges of reunification.
- Contents:
- Korean Division and Reunification: A Timetable of Modern Korean History xiii
- Part I U.S. and Soviet Policies toward Korea, 1945-1948
- 1 U.S. and Soviet Policies toward Korea until August 1945 3
- 2 U.S. and Soviet Policies in August-December 1945 37
- 3 U.S. and Soviet Policies, December 1945-August 1948 69
- Part II U.S. and Soviet Occupation Policies in Korea and the Korean Responses, 1945-1948
- 4 The Koreans, the USSR, and the United States 129.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-215) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403969825
- OCLC:
- 61724518
- Publisher Number:
- 9781403969828
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