The Korean War : an international history / William Stueck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stueck, William Whitney, 1945-

Series:

Princeton studies in international history and politics.

Princeton studies in international history and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Diplomatic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This first truly international history of the Korean War argues that by its timing, its course, and its outcome it functioned as a substitute for World War III. Stueck draws on recently available materials from seven countries, plus the archives of the United Nations, presenting a detailed narrative of the diplomacy of the conflict and a broad assessment of its critical role in the Cold War. He emphasizes the contribution of the United Nations, which at several key points in the conflict provided an important institutional framework within which less powerful nations were able to restrain the aggressive tendencies of the United States. In Stueck's view, contributors to the U.N. cause in Korea provided support not out of any abstract commitment to a universal system of collective security but because they saw an opportunity to influence U.S. policy. Chinese intervention in Korea in the fall of 1950 brought with it the threat of world war, but at that time and in other instances prior to the armistice in July 1953, America's NATO allies and Third World neutrals succeeded in curbing American adventurism. While conceding the tragic and brutal nature of the war, Stueck suggests that it helped to prevent the occurrence of an even more destructive conflict in Europe.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Maps

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Origins Of The Korean War

Chapter 2. The Diplomacy of Confrontation and Consolidation

Chapter 3. Diplomacy Fails: The UN Counteroffensive and Chinese Intervention

Chapter 4. Limiting the War

Chapter 5. The Dimensions of Collective Action

Chapter 6. Armistice Talks: Origins and Initial Stages

Chapter 7. Progress

Chapter 8. Deadlock

Chapter 9. Concluding An Armistice

Chapter 10. The Korean war as International History

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-468) and index.

ISBN:

9786612752308

9781282752306

1282752308

9781400821785

1400821789

9781400813582

1400813581

OCLC:

700688703