The Korean War

The Korean War

by Carter Malkasian
The Korean War

The Korean War

by Carter Malkasian

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Overview

The Korean War was a significant turning point in the Cold War. This book explains how the conflict in a small peninsula in East Asia had a tremendous impact on the entire international system and the balance of power between the two superpowers, America and Russia. Through the conflict, the West demonstrated its resolve to thwart Communist aggression and the armed forces of China, the Soviet Union and the United States came into direct combat for the only time during the Cold War.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472809940
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 06/06/2014
Series: Guide to... , #8
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 96
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Carter Malkasian completed his doctorate on the history of wars of attrition, specialising in the Korean War, at Oxford University. He has taught a number of history courses at Oxford, including the history of the Cold War.
Carter Malkasian is currently the Chair of the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School, California. He has published several books, including the critically acclaimed The American War in Afghanistan: A History (Oxford University Press, 2021). He completed his doctorate on the history of wars of attrition, specializing in the Korean War, at Oxford University.

CARTER MALKASIAN is an analyst at the CNA Corporation, a federally funded research and development center in Washington, D.C..

Table of Contents


Introduction     5
Chronology     7
Warring sides: Two Koreas, the Superpowers, and China     8
Outbreak: The Communists strike     13
The fighting: Avoiding a third world war     16
Portrait of a soldier: Patrolling, raiding, and digging     64
The world around war: The domestic and international impact     69
Portrait of a civilian: Kyonshill Kang     73
How the war ended: Closing moves     78
Conclusion and consequences: The significance of the Korean War in the history of warfare     86
Glossary     91
For More Information     92
For Further Reading     93
Index     94
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