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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784134503321

Autore

Lee Jongsoo

Titolo

The partition of Korea after World War II [[electronic resource] ] : a global history / / Jongsoo Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36964-0

9786611369644

1-4039-8301-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXVI, 220 p.)

Disciplina

951.904/1

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history - Soviet Union

World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history - United States

Korea History Partition, 1945

Korea History Allied occupation, 1945-1948

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. U.S. and Soviet policies toward Korea, 1945-1948. U.S. and Soviet polices toward Korea until August 1945 -- U.S. and Soviet policies in August-December 1945 -- U.S. and Soviet policies, December 1945-August 1948 -- Part 2. U.S. and Soviet occupation policies in Korea and the Korean responses, 1945-1948. The Koreans, the USSR, and the United States -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on multi-archival research in Korean, Russian and English, this book looks at the complexity and changes in Stalin's policy toward Korea for answers about the division of Korea in 1945 and the failure of reunification between 1945 and 1948. Lee argues that the trusteeship decision is key to the division's origins and permanency.