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The Korean Conflict
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Burton I. Kaufman
Book Code: GR9909
ISBN: 0-313-29909-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29909-4
232 pages, maps, photographs
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/1999
List Price: $51.95 (UK Sterling Price: £29.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • An accurate, measured appraisal of a costly and tragic conflict that shaped American thinking about the cold War until the fall of the Soviet Union...Kaufman provides a straightforward historical overview of the conflict showing how the U.S. became embroiled in this nowin war.
    —School Library Journal
  • This work should prove to be a useful tool for high school students, especially students taking advanced high school American and Asian history courses, and beginning undergraduates. School, public, and academic libraries should purchase this work.
    —American Reference Books Annual
Description: A neglected war in the history of the United States, the Korean conflict played a key role in greatly expanding America's commitments worldwide and contributed to the U.S. decision to engage in direct military action in Vietnam fifteen years later. This up-to-date, readable analysis and ready-reference guide to the Korean War is designed to help students and interested readers understand the causes, events, and implications of the War and to provide a wealth of material for student research. Materials include a detailed timeline of events, six topical essays on various aspects of the war and its impact, seventeen lengthy biographical profiles of key players, the text of fifteen important primary documents, a glossary, and a comprehensive annotated bibliography. Following an introductory essay that explains the causes and history of the war, five topical essays examine the Western Alliance and, in particular, our relations with Great Britain over the War, an analysis and new insights on the role of the Soviet Union and China, the Chinese Communist intervention, the prisoners of war issue, and the meaning and implications of the Korean conflict. Primary documents include the text of speeches, memoranda, telegrams, and official government reports. Biographical sketches provide thorough discussion of the role of major players in the conflict. A section of photographs complements the text. Because it is based on the most recent scholarship and written for the high school and college student researcher, it is the ideal companion to a study of the Korean conflict and its implications for post-World War II America.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Randall M. Miller
  • Preface
  • Chronology of Events
  • The Korean Conflict Explained
  • Historical Overview
  • The Western Alliance, Great Britain, and the Korean Conflict
  • The Soviet Union, China, and the Korean Conflict: New Sources, New Insights
  • From Rollback to Rollback: The Chinese Communist Intervention
  • Prisoners of War Issue
  • Meaning and Implications of the Korean Conflict
  • Biographies: The Personalities Behind the Korean Conflict
  • Primary Documents of the Korean Conflict
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 98-48905
LCC Class: DS918
Dewey Class: 951
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