The Origins of the Korean War: Second Edition

The impressive Second Edition of this standard study incorporates important new evidence on the origins of the war from Chinese and Russian archives. It reveals that Stalin encouraged the attack on South Korea, but also confirms that the original initiative came from North Korea. Peter Lowe has also written an extended conclusion with a discussion of the Koreas in the late 1990s, and the challenges involved in securing their reunification.

Editor' Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Korea, The Japanese Empire and the Pacific War
The Establishment of Two Koreas
The Approach of Confrontation in Korea
General MacArthur and the Recovery of Japan
The Demise of Kuomintang and the Triumph of Chinese Communism
The Cold War in Europe
The Outbreak of the Korean War
Rollback and Chinese Intervention in Korea
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Maps
Index
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