The Wrong War : American Policy and the Dimensions of the Korean Conflict, 1950-1953 / Rosemary Foot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foot, Rosemary, 1948- author.

Series:

Cornell studies in security affairs.

Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [1985]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 1951, General Omar Bradley declared publicly that war with China would involve the United States "in the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy." Despite the stated intent of the U.S. to keep the Korean conflict from spreading, the debate on extending the war was far more intense and protracted than previous accounts of this period have suggested.Concentrating on the debate over expansion, Rosemary Foot reveals the strains it caused both within the U.S. bureaucracy and between America and its North Atlantic allies. She supplies important new information on the U.S. government's appraisal of Sino-Soviet relations between 1950 and 1953, and makes clear that a high proportion of U.S. officials came to recognize the limited nature of Soviet support for China. Explaining why the Eisenhower administration nearly unleashed nuclear weapons on China in the spring of 1953, Foot demonstrates that the Korean war would very likely have grown into a conflict of major proportions if the Chinese and North Koreans had not conceded the final issue of the truce talks-the question of the voluntary repatriation of prisoners of war.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Chronology

1. Introduction

2. The International and Domestic Policy Settings

3. The U.S. Appraisal of Chinese and Soviet Policy: June 25-October 15, 1950

4. China's Intervention and the U.S. Response: October 1950-February 1951

5. Countercurrents, or the Relationship between Means and Ends: March 1951-February 1952

6. Military Force as an Instrument of Policy: February-December 1952

7. The Strategy for Ending the War: January-July 1953

8. Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501734601

1501734601

OCLC:

1129149114