Selling the Korean War : propaganda, politics, and public opinion in the United States, 1950-1953 / Steven Casey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casey, Steven.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean War, 1950-1953--United States.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

National security--United States.

National security.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (489 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How presidents spark and sustain support for wars remains an enduring and significant problem. Korea was the first limited war the U.S. experienced in the contemporary period, and in 'Selling the Korean War', Steven Casey explores how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower tried to sell it to the American public.

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-458) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-988566-4

0-19-973899-8

9786611851613

1-4356-4227-9

1-281-85161-2

0-19-971917-9

OCLC:

227005561