The US, the UN and the Korean War : Communism in the Far East and the American struggle for hegemony in the Cold War / Robert Barnes.

By: Barnes, Robert John Reneʹ [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of modern American history: 3.Publisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: xi, 372 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781780763682; 1780763689Other title: United States, the United Nations and the Korean War | Communism in the Far East and the American struggle for hegemony in the Cold WarSubject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Diplomatic history | Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, American | Cold War | United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953 | Hegemonie | Koreakrieg | Ost-West-Konflikt | USA | Korean War (1950-1953) | Cold War (1945-1989) | Diplomatic history | Diplomatic relations | Military participation -- American | United States | 1945-1953DDC classification: 951.90422 LOC classification: DS919 | .B36 2014Other classification: 8 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
The UN Collective security action, June-October 1950 -- Branding an aggressor, October 1950-January 1951 -- Responding to Chinese aggression, February-July 1951 -- From Panmunjom to Paris and back again, July 1951-June 1952 -- The Indian Resolution, June-December 1952 -- The Korean War endgame, January-July 1953 -- The road to Geneva, August 1953-June 1954.
Summary: This study explores the fluctuating relationships, the tensions between Washington and its British Commonwealth allies and their impact on the development of the Korean conflict, from its outbreak in 1950 to its end at the Geneva Conference of 1954. Robert Barnes reframes the Korean War for the first time in the context of a United States less dominant than is usually imagined.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-358) and index.

The UN Collective security action, June-October 1950 -- Branding an aggressor, October 1950-January 1951 -- Responding to Chinese aggression, February-July 1951 -- From Panmunjom to Paris and back again, July 1951-June 1952 -- The Indian Resolution, June-December 1952 -- The Korean War endgame, January-July 1953 -- The road to Geneva, August 1953-June 1954.

This study explores the fluctuating relationships, the tensions between Washington and its British Commonwealth allies and their impact on the development of the Korean conflict, from its outbreak in 1950 to its end at the Geneva Conference of 1954. Robert Barnes reframes the Korean War for the first time in the context of a United States less dominant than is usually imagined.

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