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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464130403321

Autore

Gibby Bryan R

Titolo

The will to win [[electronic resource] ] : American military advisors in Korea, 1946-1953 / / Bryan R. Gibby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8173-8611-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

951.904/24

951.90424

Soggetti

Korean War, 1950-1953 - Participation, American

Military assistance, American - Korea (South)

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

The American occupation, September 1945-December 1946 -- The war of subversion, 1947-1948 -- The limited war, 1949-1950 -- The evolving structure and functions of the military missions, 1948-1950 -- 6-2-5 : invasion and survival -- The Chinese offensives, 1950-1951 -- Reformation : a new KMAG trains an army, summer 1951-summer 1952 -- Redemption : a new Korean army at war -- The test of battle : the summer offensives, may-july 1953 -- Shrimp among whales : assessing the advisory missions, 1946-1953 -- Appendix A. Korean War chronology -- Appendix B. Lieutenant General John Hodge's statement to the Korean people -- Appendix C. U.S. IX Corps citation, ROK Capital Division, 1953 -- Appendix D. Republic of Korea presidential unit citation, 1952 -- Appendix E. Republic of Korea presidential unit citation, 1953.

Sommario/riassunto

The Will to Win focuses on the substantial role of US military advisors to the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) from 1946 until 1953 in one of America's early attempts at nation building.    Gibby describes ROKA's structure, mission, challenges, and successes, thereby linking the South Korean army and their US advisors to the traditional narrative of this "forgotten war." The work also demonstrates the difficulties inherent in national reconstruction, focusing on barriers in culture and society, and



the effects of rapid decolonization combined with in

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786388003321

Autore

Calloway Colin G (Colin Gordon), <1953->

Titolo

Pen and ink witchcraft [[electronic resource] ] : treaties and treaty making in American Indian history / / Colin G. Calloway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Oxford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-19-998686-X

0-19-991731-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Disciplina

346.7301/3

Soggetti

Indians of North America

Indians of North America - History

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments and a Note on Terminology; Introduction; 1. Treaty Making in Colonial America: The Many Languages of Indian Diplomacy; 2. Fort Stanwix, 1768: Shifting Boundaries; 3. Treaty Making, American-Style; 4. New Echota, 1835: Implementing Removal; 5. Treaty Making in the West; 6. Medicine Lodge, 1867: Containment on the Plains; Conclusion: The Death and Rebirth of Indian Treaties; Appendix: The Treaties; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Indian peoples made some four hundred treaties with the United States between the American Revolution and 1871, when Congress prohibited them. They signed nine treaties with the Confederacy, as well as countless others over the centuries with Spain, France, Britain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, Canada, and even Russia, not to mention individual colonies and states. In retrospect, the treaties seem like well-ordered steps on the path of dispossession and empire. The reality was far more complicated. In Pen and Ink Witchcraft, eminent Native American historian Colin G. Calloway narrates the hi