Book reviews of two books on Limited War in Korea
Covering a single war or insurgency that took place between 1945 and 1973.1. The War in Korea 1950-1953: A Military Study of the War in Korea up to the Signing of the Cease Fire. By Major R.C.W. Thomas, O.B.E.. Aldershot, Gale and Polden Limited, 19542. Korea: the Unknown War. By Jon Halliday and Bruce Cumings. Pantheon Books, 1988The Korean War was one of the most tragic events of modern history. A people utterly destroyed after what was meant to be the organized disbanding of the Japanese military by two opposing superpowers. After the Pacific War ended, Korea, having been colonized by Japan since 1910 was to be set free and made independent. What ensued was three years of murderous warfare, besieged regimes and mass destruction of every kind of infrastructure including social and cultural as well as industrial. What made the U.S. commit so heavily to Korea in a limited war under the banner of the U.N.? And what made the U.S. go so far in trying to crush the very existence of Communism in the North? These are questions which must be addressed when delving into the causes of the Korean War. With recent developments on the Korean peninsular it is topical that the Korean War is revisited. Even though the futur
How!ever it seems the effort to perpetuate the illusion of a harmonious alliance of Western countries fighting Communism was to no avail as only the Pacific Rim countries responded to the call to arms. The danger with using photographs and other non text resources is interpretation especially in the time of war. The nature of the conflict is extraordinary and even now many aspects remain hidden from the public eye. As outlined in his Author’s note, Major R. One, published in 1954, when political wounds from the war were still raw and public opinion needed to anaesthetized, gives the reader an account of pure aggression from the “Red” North. The first chapters are designated to creating a background to the conflict. forces arrived to occupy the area south of the 38th parallel to coordinate the repatriation of Japanese forces four days before the Soviets occupied the area North of the parallel they may not have been as welcome as first thought. ” he spells out clearly for the reader. The Korean War was the first and mo!st successful attempt by the U. Korea was always an independent nation since the tribes first settled there.
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