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- catalog abstract ""This volume investigates how this war occurred, the form it assumed, and how developments in the Korean peninsula have been shaped since 1953 by the preceding conflict. Attention is focused particularly on the motives, aims, calculations and blunders of each of the states principally engaged in the war. Serious errors were made by the leaders of each Korean state as well as by Soviet, American and Chinese leaders. Nobody wanted a conflict of significant proportions to erupt in Korea, and all involved were embarrassed at its prolongation." "Emphasis is placed on the discrete interests of each state and on the manipulation of the United Nations by the United States. The controversial role played by General Douglas MacArthur is discussed - with due acknowledgement made of the shared aims of the president, Harry S. Truman, and MacArthur in the early stages of the war, as well as the more famous disagreement between the two men culminating in Truman's dismissal of MacArthur. The reasons why the armistice negotiations extended over a two-year period are assessed, together with discussion of the failure to secure a full peace settlement, following the signing of an armistice in July 1953"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11999571.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""Emphasis is placed on the discrete interests of each state and on the manipulation of the United Nations by the United States. The controversial role played by General Douglas MacArthur is discussed - with due acknowledgement made of the shared aims of the president, Harry S. Truman, and MacArthur in the early stages of the war, as well as the more famous disagreement between the two men culminating in Truman's dismissal of MacArthur. The reasons why the armistice negotiations extended over a two-year period are assessed, together with discussion of the failure to secure a full peace settlement, following the signing of an armistice in July 1953"--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""This volume investigates how this war occurred, the form it assumed, and how developments in the Korean peninsula have been shaped since 1953 by the preceding conflict. Attention is focused particularly on the motives, aims, calculations and blunders of each of the states principally engaged in the war. Serious errors were made by the leaders of each Korean state as well as by Soviet, American and Chinese leaders. Nobody wanted a conflict of significant proportions to erupt in Korea, and all involved were embarrassed at its prolongation."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The Gathering Storm -- The Start of the War -- China Enters the Conflict -- Confusion and Instability -- The Departure of MacArthur -- The Start of Armistice Talks -- The Last Phase of the War and the Signing of an Armistice -- The Rebuilding of the Two Korean States and Continued Enmity -- Fighting Prowess.".
- catalog extent "xi, 136 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0312233035".
- catalog identifier "0312233043 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Twentieth-century wars".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : St. Martin's Press ,".
- catalog subject "951.904/2 21".
- catalog subject "DS918 .L67 1999".
- catalog subject "Korean War, 1950-1953.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Gathering Storm -- The Start of the War -- China Enters the Conflict -- Confusion and Instability -- The Departure of MacArthur -- The Start of Armistice Talks -- The Last Phase of the War and the Signing of an Armistice -- The Rebuilding of the Two Korean States and Continued Enmity -- Fighting Prowess.".
- catalog title "The Korean war / Peter Lowe.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".