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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456968503321

Autore

Stanley Elizabeth A. <1970->

Titolo

Paths to peace [[electronic resource] ] : domestic coalition shifts, war termination and the Korean War / / Elizabeth A. Stanley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8047-7237-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Disciplina

951.904/21

Soggetti

Korean War, 1950-1953 - Peace

Korean War, 1950-1953 - Diplomatic history

War - Termination - Decision making

Coalitions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-382) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The domestic politics of war termination. Old Baldy -- Domestic coalition shifts in overcoming obstacles to peace -- pt. 2. The Korean War. The Korean states : powerless players in the forgotten war -- The Soviet Union : outlasting Stalin's preferences -- The United States, part 1 : trapped by the NSC-68 mindset -- The United States, part 2 : trapped by voluntary prisoner repatriation -- China : trapped by a hawkish ally -- Interacting domestic coalitions in bargains for peace -- pt. 3. Testing and extending the argument. Domestic coalition shifts in war termination since 1862 -- War termination in theory and practice.

Sommario/riassunto

Paths to Peace develops a theory about the domestic obstacles to peace in interstate wars-and the role of domestic leadership changes in overcoming these obstacles-and it tests this theory in historical case studies of the Korean War and statistical analysis of interstate wars since 1862.