Crisis in a Divided Korea: A Chronology and Reference Guide
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.

Why is Korea still divided into two nations? How does the decades-old tension between North Korea and South Korea affect all of Asia as well as influence several of the world's major powers, including Japan, the People's Republic of China, Russia, and the United States? This book provides answers to these questions and more, presenting readers with descriptions of historical developments in Korea's past and supplying the necessary context for understanding why the Korean Peninsula remains split at the 38th parallel.

Two comprehensive opening chapters present a broad overview of events in Korea's history from ancient times through the start of World War II. The subsequent chapters cover Korea's role in the Cold War, describing the Soviet-American sponsorship of two Koreas, the Korean War, Soviet and Chinese support for North Korea, the U.S. alliance with South Korea, South Korea's long struggle to achieve democracy, the Kim dynasty in North Korea, and moments of tension and cooperation between North and South Korea. Written in a clear, direct, and accessible style, the book will be valuable to high school, undergraduate, and graduate-level students.

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Crisis in a Divided Korea: A Chronology and Reference Guide
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.

Why is Korea still divided into two nations? How does the decades-old tension between North Korea and South Korea affect all of Asia as well as influence several of the world's major powers, including Japan, the People's Republic of China, Russia, and the United States? This book provides answers to these questions and more, presenting readers with descriptions of historical developments in Korea's past and supplying the necessary context for understanding why the Korean Peninsula remains split at the 38th parallel.

Two comprehensive opening chapters present a broad overview of events in Korea's history from ancient times through the start of World War II. The subsequent chapters cover Korea's role in the Cold War, describing the Soviet-American sponsorship of two Koreas, the Korean War, Soviet and Chinese support for North Korea, the U.S. alliance with South Korea, South Korea's long struggle to achieve democracy, the Kim dynasty in North Korea, and moments of tension and cooperation between North and South Korea. Written in a clear, direct, and accessible style, the book will be valuable to high school, undergraduate, and graduate-level students.

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Crisis in a Divided Korea: A Chronology and Reference Guide

Crisis in a Divided Korea: A Chronology and Reference Guide

by James I. Matray
Crisis in a Divided Korea: A Chronology and Reference Guide

Crisis in a Divided Korea: A Chronology and Reference Guide

by James I. Matray

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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.

Why is Korea still divided into two nations? How does the decades-old tension between North Korea and South Korea affect all of Asia as well as influence several of the world's major powers, including Japan, the People's Republic of China, Russia, and the United States? This book provides answers to these questions and more, presenting readers with descriptions of historical developments in Korea's past and supplying the necessary context for understanding why the Korean Peninsula remains split at the 38th parallel.

Two comprehensive opening chapters present a broad overview of events in Korea's history from ancient times through the start of World War II. The subsequent chapters cover Korea's role in the Cold War, describing the Soviet-American sponsorship of two Koreas, the Korean War, Soviet and Chinese support for North Korea, the U.S. alliance with South Korea, South Korea's long struggle to achieve democracy, the Kim dynasty in North Korea, and moments of tension and cooperation between North and South Korea. Written in a clear, direct, and accessible style, the book will be valuable to high school, undergraduate, and graduate-level students.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781610699921
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 04/18/2016
Series: Non-Series
Pages: 408
Product dimensions: 7.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

James I. Matray, PhD, is professor of history at California State University, Chico, CA.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Abbreviations xi

Maps xv

1 Hermit Kingdom 1

2 Imperialist Prize 22

3 A House Divided 43

4 Koreans Invading Koreas 65

5 Fighting for Peace 84

6 Guerrilla Dynasty 104

7 Dictated Development 124

8 Cold War Remnant 145

9 Uncertain Allies 165

10 Needless Quarrel 186

Chronology 207

Biographies 247

Dean Gooderham Acheson (1893-1971) 247

George Walker Bush (1946-) 249

James Earl Carter Jr. (1924-) 251

Chang Myon (John Myon Chang) (1899-1966) 254

Chon Du-hwan(1931-) 255

Mark Wayne Clark (1896-1984) 257

William Jefferson Clinton (1946-) 259

Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) 260

John Reed Hodge (1893-1963) 263

Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973) 264

Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009) 267

Kim II Sung (Kim Song Ju) (1912-1994) 268

Kim Jong II (1942-2011) 271

Kim Young-sam (1927-2015) 273

Kojong (1851-1919) 274

Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) 275

Mao Zedong (1893-1976) 278

George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) 280

No Tae-u(1932-) 281

Pak Chong-hui (1917-1979) 283

Pak Hon-yong (1900-1955) 285

Peng Dehuai (1898-1974) 286

Syngman Rhee (1875-1965) 288

Matthew Bunker Ridgway (1895-1993) 292

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) 294

Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) 295

Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) 298

Yo Un-hyong (1886-1947) 300

Zhou Enlai (1898-1976) 302

Primary Documents 305

1 Korean-American Treaty, May 22, 1882 305

2 Taft-Katsura Memorandum, July 27, 1905 310

3 March First Independence Declaration, March 1, 1919 311

4 Cairo Declaration, December 1, 1943 314

5 Moscow Agreement on Korea, December 21, 1945 315

6 UN General Assembly Resolution of November 14, 1947 316

7 National Security Council (NSC) Paper 8/2, March 22, 1949 318

8 Soviet Politburo Directive to Soviet Ambassador to North Korea Terentii F. Shtykov, September 24, 1949 321

9 Dean Acheson's National Press Club Speech, January 12, 1950 322

10 Soviet Ambassador to North Korea Terentii F. Shtykov Cable to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vyshinsky, January 19, 1950 328

11 Kim II Sung's Meetings with Joseph Stalin in Moscow, March 30-April 25, 1950,331

12 UN Security Council Resolution of June 25, 1950 333

13 UN Security Council Resolution of June 27, 1950 334

14 UN General Assembly Resolution of October 7, 1950 335

15 Joseph Stalin's Cable to Mao Zedong, October 5, 1950 337

16 Jacob A. Malik's Radio Address, June 23, 1951 339

17 Indian UN POW Resolution of December 3, 1952 341

18 Zhou Enlai's POW Proposal, March 30, 1953 344

19 U.S.-Republic of Korea Mutual Security Treaty, October 1, 1953 345

20 Joint South-North Korea Communique, July 4, 1972 347

21 Basic Agreement on North-South Reconciliation, Nonaggression, Exchanges, and Cooperation, December 13, 1991 349

22 Joint Declaration of the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, January 20, 1992,353

23 U.S.-North Korean Agreed Framework, October 21, 1994,355

24 President George W. Bush's "Axis of Evil" Speech, January 29, 2002 358

25 President Pak Geun-hye's Commemorative Address on the 70th Anniversary of Liberation, August 15, 2015 360

Selected Bibliography 363

Index 369

About the Author 385

Contributors 387

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