The Korean War
A History
$42.05
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2011
Summary
From the top scholar in the field, here is the definitive short book on a still-controversial war.
A BRACING ACCOUNT OF A WAR THAT IS EITHER MISUNDERSTOOD, FORGOTTEN, OR WILLFULLY IGNORED
For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long struggle that still haunts contemporary events. With access to new evidence and secret materials from both here and abroad, including an archive …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812978964 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 081297896X |
| Author: | Bruce Cumings |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 221g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Chronicles |
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Critics Review
“A powerful revisionist history … a sobering corrective.”—The New York Times“Worth reading … This work raises the question of what Korea can tell us about the outlook for Iraq and Afghanistan.”—Financial Times“Well-sourced [and] elegantly presented.”—The Wall Street Journal
About The Author
Bruce Cumings
Bruce Cumings is the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor and chair of the Department of History at the University of Chicago, and specializes in modern Korean history and East Asian-American relations.
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