The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

655 Pages·2010·3.13 MB·English

by  Bruce Cumings

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ALSO BYBRUCECUMINGS
The Origins of the Korean War,
Volume I:
Liberation and the Emergence of Se-
parate Regimes, 1945–1947
The Origins of the Korean War,
Volume II:
The Roaring of the Cataract, 1947–1950
Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern
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Dominion from Sea to Sea: Pacific
Ascendancy and American Power

DEDICATED TOPRESIDENTKIMDAEJUNG
(1925–2009):
dissident, politician, statesman, concili-
ator, peacemaker
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ONTENTS
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Title Page
Dedication
Chronology
Glossary
Introduction
Map
CHAPTERONE:
The Course of the War
CHAPTERTWO:
The Party of Memory
CHAPTERTHREE:
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The Party of Forgetting
CHAPTERFOUR:
Culture of Repression
CHAPTERFIVE:
38 Degrees of Separation: A Forgotten
Occupation
CHAPTERSIX:
“The Most Disproportionate Result”: The
Air War
CHAPTER SEVEN:
The Flooding of Memory
CHAPTER EIGHT:
A “Forgotten War” That Remade the Un-
ited Statesand the Cold War
CHAPTER NINE:
Requiem: History in the Temper of
Reconciliation
Acknowledgments
Notes
Further Reading
About the Author