Britain''s Korean War - Cold War Diplomacy, Strategy and Security 1950-53

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Hennessey is Professor of Modern British and Irish History at Canterbury Christ Church University Klappentext The book assesses the strains within the 'Special Relationship' between London and Washington and offers a new perspective on the limits and successes of British influence. The interaction between the main personalities on the British side - Attlee, Bevan, Morrison, Churchill and Eden - and their American counterparts - Truman, Acheson, Eisenhower and Dulles - are chronicled. By the end of the war the British were concerned that it was the Americans, rather than the Soviets, who were the greater threat to world peace. British fears concerning the Korean War were not limited to the diplomatic and military fronts - these extended to the 'Manchurian Candidate' threat posed by returning prisoners of war who had been exposed to communist indoctrination. The book is essential reading for those interested in British and US foreign policy and military strategy during the Cold War. To come Zusammenfassung This book investigates the UK’s experience as a junior partner in the only Cold war conflict where some of the main protagonists confronted each other on the battlefield. The author assesses the strains within the ‘Special Relationship’ between London and Washington and offers a new perspective on the limits and successes of British influence. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Invasion2. To cross or not to cross: the 38th parallel3. Enter the Dragon: China's first intervention4. Attlee in Washington5. Divisions: January 19516. MacArthur goes7. The long war8. BreakthroughEpilogue: BermudaConclusion

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• Authors: Thomas Hennessey, Hennessey Thomas
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2013
• EAN: 9780719088599
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8859-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Korea, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, South Korea, c 1950 to c 1959, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, The Cold War, North Korea, C 1945 To C 1960, Korean War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General