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The impressive Second Edition of this standard study incorporates important new evidence on the origins of the war from Chinese and Russian archives. It reveals that Stalin encouraged the attack on South Korea, but also confirms that the original initiative came from North Korea. Peter Lowe has also written an extended conclusion with a discussion of the Koreas in the late 1990s, and the challenges involved in securing their reunification.

Since this famous study first appeared in 1986 a wealth of new scholarship has been stimulated by the new material made available by the fall of the Soviet Union and the partial release of archives in China. To take account of these new perspectives xxx; which particularly affect the roles of the Soviet Union, China and Korea itself xxx; Dr Lowe has substantially rewritten and expanded his text.

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CONTENTS

List of Maps = ⅸ

Editor's Foreword = ⅹ

Preface = xiii

Acknowledgements = xvii

Abbreviations = xx

1. Korea, the Japanese Empire, and the Pacific War = 1

 History and Character of Korea = 1

 Impact of Japanese imperialism = 3

 Korean Nationalism and communism = 7

 The Pacific war = 12

 Division of Korea = 18

2. The Establishment of Two Koreas = 21

 Turmoil in Korea = 21

 American-Soviet exchanges = 26

 Rise of Syngman Rhee = 33

 American-Soviet Divergence = 38

 Soviet plans for North Korea = 44

3. The Approach of Confrontation in Korea = 48

 The UN deals with Korea = 48

 Creation of the ROK = 54

 Establishment of the DPRK = 56

 Kim Il Sung Visits Moscow = 58

 Instability in the ROK = 65

 Tension along the 38th parallel = 71

4. General MacArthur and the Recovery of Japan = 81

 MacArthur and his aims = 81

 Economic revival = 83

 Impact of the Cold War = 87

 Issue of a peace treaty and strategic debates = 95

 Japan's significance in the approach of the Korean War = 106

5. The Demise of the Kuomintang and the Triumph of Chinese Communism = 110

 Civil war in China = 110

 The CGP and the Soviet Union = 116

 Recognition of the PRC = 119

 The significance of Taiwan = 130

 Mao's visit to Moscow and Sino-Soviet agreements = 138

6. The Cold War in Europe = 143

 Stalin and Truman = 144

 Marshall Aid and British views = 147

 The crisis in Czechoslovakia = 150

 The Berlin Blockade = 154

 NATO and NSC 68 = 163

7. The Outbreak of the Korean War = 172

 Taiwan and Korea = 172

 Start of the war = 177

 Stalin supports Kim Il Sung's Plans = 179

 Role of China = 182

 Dulles visits South Korea = 183

 The United States decides to act = 186

 Soviet response and British desire for compromise = 191

 Appointment of MacArthur = 197

8. Rollback and Chinese Intervention in Korea = 201

 MacArthur's leadership = 201

 Relevance of Taiwan = 205

 Crossing the 38th parallel = 209

 China decides to intervene = 218

 Truman meets MacArthur = 226

 A new war = 229

Conclusion

 Anglo-American exchanges and dismissal of MacArthur = 237

 Truce talks and armistice = 240

 Korea since 1953 and prospects for unification = 246

Appendix = 253

Select Bibliography = 255

Maps = 265

Index = 271