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Selling the Korean War : propaganda, politics, and public opinion in the United States, 1950-1953 / Steven Casey.
LIBRA DS919 .C35 2008
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Casey, Steven.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korean War, 1950-1953--United States.
- Korean War, 1950-1953.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.
- International relations.
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 476 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Part one: The war against North Korea, June-November 1950
- Keeping the home front cool
- "Censorship is abhorrent to General MacArthur"
- Mobilizing for a police action
- On the offensive
- Part two: The war against China, November 1950-July 1951
- An entirely new war
- Dealing with the "disaster school of journalism"
- Mobilizing with the utmost speed
- Why Korea?
- The MacArthur controversy
- Part three: The stalemate war, July 1951-July 1953
- Interminable truce talks
- Steady improvements
- The advent of Eisenhower.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-458) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195306927
- 0195306929
- OCLC:
- 155756801
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