| American Diplomacy and Strategy Toward Korea and Northeast Asia, 1882 - 1950 and After: Perception of Polarity and Us Commitment to a Periphery 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Kim, S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403975450 ISBN-13: 9781403975454 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: This book examines how and why American commitment toward Korea changed during the three US presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman. While focusing on the statesmen's perceptions of strategic situation as main locus of analysis, it reconstructs the process of assessment, decision-making, and diplomatic negotiations. This book demonstrates that the US policies toward Korea were shaped by the US decision-makers' broader concerns about great power relations in East Asia and the world, rather than their immediate concerns about the development in the Korean peninsula. This realist explanation of history sets forth clear and timely terms of debate about the current changes in the US-South Korean alliance as well. By showing the dramatic unfolding of US occupation, withdrawal, and intervention in the Korean peninsula, this book also sheds light on the broader issue of US military occupations of other countries in the twentieth first century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 327.730 |
| LCCN: 2008042332 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" (0.95 lbs) 287 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the dramatic unfolding of US occupation, withdrawal, and intervention in the Korean peninsula in the past and sheds light on the broader issue of US military occupations of other countries in the twentieth first century. |