The Korean War

by Nishi, Dennis

• ISBN13: 9780737712025
• ISBN10: 0737712023
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Greenhaven Pr

Summary

Often referred to as the forgotten war, the Korean War was one of the most influential events of the Cold War era. It was the first shooting war between democracy and communism and one that would lead to many significant U.S. foreign policy changes. This anthology contains documents by influential Washington policy makers as well as popular editorialists of the day.

Table of Contents

Foreword	10	(2)
Introduction	12	(22)
What's at Stake in Korea
North Korea Is Another Step in the USSR's Plan of World Domination	34	(10)
Joseph Alsop
Stewart Alsop
America's Foreign Policy	44	(9)
John Foster Dulles
The Korean War Was Not a Prelude to a Global Conflict	53	(9)
Charles E. Bohlen
Russian World Domination Is a Myth	62	(11)
James Samuel Stemons
Korea Needs U.S. Aid to Fend Off Communist Aggression	73	(10)
Y.T. Pyun
The Korean War and the World
The United States Must Engage in an All-Out War with Korea	83	(8)
Douglas MacArthur
Limiting the War in Korea Is Essential to Avoid a World War	91	(8)
Harry S. Truman
The United States Must Use a Combination of Force, Negotiation, and Aid in Korea	99	(7)
Philip C. Jessup
Saving Ourselves for the Big Battle Against Communism	106	(9)
John Dille
The Korean Conflict Changed the Way the United States Fights Wars	115	(9)
Matthew B. Ridgway
We Were There: A Personal Perspective of Korea
We Are Fighting Against Imperialism: The North Korean Perspective	124	(9)
In Enemy Hands: An American POW's Perspective	133	(11)
Larry Zellers
A Woman Combat Correspondent's Perspective	144	(10)
Marguerite Higgins
A U.S. Soldier's Perspective	154	(8)
Bob Roy
Americans Are Corrupt	162	(5)
Tai Ching-Shan
Explaining the War: The Government's Perspective	167	(10)
Dean Acheson
Negotiating Peace or Giving Up
The Communists Prevented a Negotiated Peace	177	(9)
C. Turner Joy
The Chinese Perspective of the Peace Process	186	(10)
Chai Chengwen
The United States Prevented a Negotiated Peace	196	(7)
Kim Il Sung
Politics Prevented a U.S. Victory in Korea	203	(8)
Mark Clark
James Van Fleet
Military Force Must Be Used to Force Negotiations	211	(9)
Henry A. Kissinger
Appendix of Personalities	220	(5)
Chronology	225	(4)
For Further Research	229	(3)
Index	232