Crisis in a divided Korea : a chronology and reference guide / James I. Matray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matray, James Irving, 1948-

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean reunification question (1945- ).

Korea (North)--Foreign relations.

Korea (North).

Korea (North)--History.

Korea (South)--Foreign relations.

Korea (South).

Korea (South)--History.

Korea--Foreign relations.

Korea.

Korea--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 389 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book provides scholars and students examining Korea's place in modern world politics with an invaluable resource for understanding the causes, course, and consequences of the ongoing crisis on the Korean Peninsula. Provides readers with an understanding of the reasons for the existence of two nations on the Korean Peninsula. Exposes how outside powers have intervened in Korean affairs throughout its modern history--with disastrous results. Explains the development of North Korea into an isolated nation with a government determined to possess nuclear weapons. Suggests avenues for Korea's reunification and the achievement of permanent peace and stability on the peninsula"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Maps; 1. Hermit Kingdom; 2. Imperialist Prize; 3. A House Divided; 4. Koreans Invading Koreas; 5. Fighting for Peace; 6. Guerrilla Dynasty; 7. Dictated Development; 8. Cold War Remnant; 9. Uncertain Allies; 10. Needless Quarrel; Chronology; Biographies; Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971); George Walker Bush (1946- ); James Earl Carter Jr. (1924- ); Chang Myon (John Myon Chang) (1899-1966); Chon Du-hwan (1931- ); Mark Wayne Clark (1896-1984); William Jefferson Clinton (1946- )

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969)John Reed Hodge (1893-1963); Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973); Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009); Kim Il Sung (Kim Song Ju) (1912-1994); Kim Jong Il (1942-2011); Kim Young-sam (1927-2015); Kojong (1851-1919); Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964); Mao Zedong (1893-1976); George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959); No Tae-u (1932- ); Pak Chong-hui (1917-1979); Pak Hon-yong (1900-1955); Peng Dehuai (1898-1974); Syngman Rhee (1875-1965); Matthew Bunker Ridgway (1895-1993); Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919); Joseph Stalin (1879-1953); Harry S. Truman (1884-1972); Yo Un-hyong (1886-1947)

Zhou Enlai (1898-1976)Primary Documents; 1. Korean-American Treaty, May 22, 1882; 2. Taft-Katsura Memorandum, July 27, 1905; 3. March First Independence Declaration, March 1, 1919; 4. Cairo Declaration, December 1, 1943; 5. Moscow Agreement on Korea, December 21, 1945; 6. UN General Assembly Resolution of November 14, 1947; 7. National Security Council (NSC) Paper 8/2, March 22, 1949; 8. Soviet Politburo Directive to Soviet Ambassador to North Korea Terentii F. Shtykov, September 24, 1949; 9. Dean Acheson's National Press Club Speech, January 12, 1950

10. Soviet Ambassador to North Korea Terentii F. Shtykov Cable to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vyshinsky, January 19, 195011. Kim Il Sung's Meetings with Joseph Stalin in Moscow, March 30-April 25, 1950; 12. UN Security Council Resolution of June 25, 1950; 13. UN Security Council Resolution of June 27, 1950; 14. UN General Assembly Resolution of October 7, 1950; 15. Joseph Stalin's Cable to Mao Zedong, October 5, 1950; 16. Jacob A. Malik's Radio Address, June 23, 1951; 17. Indian UN POW Resolution of December 3, 1952; 18. Zhou Enlai's POW Proposal, March 30, 1953

19. U.S.-Republic of Korea Mutual Security Treaty, October 1, 195320. Joint South-North Korea Communique, July 4, 1972; 21. Basic Agreement on North-South Reconciliation, Nonaggression, Exchanges, and Cooperation, December 13, 1991; 22. Joint Declaration of the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, January 20, 1992; 23. U.S.-North Korean Agreed Framework, October 21, 1994; 24. President George W. Bush's "Axis of Evil" Speech, January 29, 2002; 25. President Pak Geun-hye's Commemorative Address on the 70th Anniversary of Liberation, August 15, 2015; Selected Bibliography; Index

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400633942

9798216068143

9781610699938

1610699939

OCLC:

956332520