LEADER 03263nam 22006255 450 001 9910299801903321 005 20240509025908.0 010 $a9783319760230 010 $a3319760238 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-76023-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000003359441 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5356021 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-76023-0 035 $a(Perlego)3492188 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000003359441 100 $a20180420d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe American Press and the Cold War $eThe Rise of Authoritarianism in South Korea, 1945-1954 /$fby Oliver Elliott 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (257 pages) 311 08$a9783319760223 311 08$a331976022X 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Occupation 1945-46: Hope and failure -- 3. Occupation 1947-48: Division and independence -- 4. The ROK Problem 1948-1950 -- 5. War 1950-1951 -- 6. The 1952 Crisis: Rhee's Takeover -- 7. The Rise of the ROKA -- 8. Legacies of War -- 9. Conclusions. 330 $aDuring the Cold War, the United States enabled the rise of President Syngman Rhee's repressive government in South Korea, and yet neither the American occupation nor Rhee's growing authoritarianism ever became particularly controversial news stories in the United States. Could the press have done more to scrutinize American actions in Korea? Did journalists fail to act as an adequate check on American power? In the first archive-based account of how American journalism responded to one of the most significant stories in the history of American foreign relations, Oliver Elliott shows how a group of foreign correspondents, battling U.S. military authorities and pro-Rhee lobbyists, brought the issue of South Korean authoritarianism into the American political mainstream on the eve of the Korean War. However, when war came in June 1950, the press rapidly abandoned its scrutiny of South Korean democracy, marking a crucial moment of transition from the era of postwar idealism to the Cold Warnorm of American support for authoritarian allies. 606 $aUnited States$xHistory 606 $aKorea$xHistory 606 $aWorld history 606 $aCommunication 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aUS History 606 $aHistory of Korea 606 $aWorld History, Global and Transnational History 606 $aMedia and Communication 606 $aPolitical History 615 0$aUnited States$xHistory. 615 0$aKorea$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld history. 615 0$aCommunication. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 14$aUS History. 615 24$aHistory of Korea. 615 24$aWorld History, Global and Transnational History. 615 24$aMedia and Communication. 615 24$aPolitical History. 676 $a320.95195043 700 $aElliott$b Oliver$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01059141 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910299801903321 996 $aThe American Press and the Cold War$92504283 997 $aUNINA