The war for Korea, 1951-1954 : a deep trench / Allan R. Millett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millett, Allan Reed, Author.

Series:

Modern war studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Korea--History--1945-.

Korea.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

United States--History, Military--20th century.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

[Lawrence, Kansas] : University Press of Kansas, [2026]

Summary:

"By the summer of 1951, the nature of the Korean conflict had evolved into a war of trenches and outposts. In The War for Korea, 1951-1954, Allan Millett explains why the stakes in 1951-1953 remained high, why Korea did not become one nation, and how the war shaped the future of the Asia-Pacific world. This third and final volume in Allan's magisterial Korean War trilogy takes readers on a journey through the final years of the conflict and on to the Geneva Convention in 1954. By drawing extensively on newly available archival sources, he includes the perspectives of Russian, Chinese, and North Korean participants as well as those of Americans and South Koreans"-- Provided by publisher.

"This third and final volume in Allan Millett's comprehensive history of the Korean War is a journey through the final years of the conflict and a deep examination of the Geneva Convention in 1954.By July of 1951, the war on the Korean peninsula had been raging for a year and the capital of Seoul had changed hands four times. Armistice talks had begun. The stakes remained high, not just for the Koreans but for the Russians, Chinese, and Americans as well. The future of the Asia-Pacific world and the fight for the global order hung in the balance. In this third and final volume in his celebrated history of the Korean War, eminent historian Allan Millett leads readers through the complicated and interconnected series of military operations and diplomatic events that occurred from the summer of 1951 through May 1954, the end of the Geneva Conference on Korea. Drawing extensively on newly available archival sources, Millett brings new voices to the history of the war, including Russian, Chinese, and North Korean perspectives and adds new insights to the conventional wisdom of the American and South Korean views of the war. Proud of their long history of resistance to invaders, both Koreas asserted they sought self-determination. One year after the armistice, with foreign armies still on their soil and scant evidence of recovery, Syngman Rhee and Kim Il-sung had taken political paths they believed were the pre-conditions for rebuilding their Koreas for the conflict they saw in the years ahead. For the two Koreas the war raised barriers to unification that have not yet been breached"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

An entirely new war, again, 1951

Fighting and talking, the Autumn Campaign, 1951

Tumult in the clouds : the Korean air war, 1951-1953

A war within a war : special warfare in Korea, 1951-1954

Captives of conflict : prisoners of war, 1951-1953

South Korea at the brink : the constitutional crisis of 1952

Another year of indecision, 1952

Ending the Korean War by fighting and talking, November 1952-June 1953

The armistice delayed : fighting on many fronts, May-June 1953

The armistice is signed, June-July 1953

From Panmunjom to Geneva : the two Koreas remain divided and hostile, 1953-1954

This cruel war is not over, 1954-1970s.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780700641123

0700641122

OCLC:

1547278123

Publisher Number:

90104769797