Metamorphosis of U.s.-Korea Relations - The Korean Question Revisited

In tracing the history of U.S./Korea encounters, this book stresses that as America opened a Pandora Box with an initial raid, thereby unleashing the "Korean Question", the United States now needs to uphold its initial peaceful treaty commitment by normalizing relations with Pyeongyang, thus bringing closure to the "Korean Question."

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter One: Origins of the Korean Question and the Consequences of the Korean War
Chapter Two:Encounter of Isolationist Joseon and Expansionist America
Chapter Three: The Two Korean Wars
Chapter Four: North Korean Quagmire: The Last Phase of U.S. Encounter?
Chapter Five: Upshots of Encounters
Chapter Six: The Corean Question Revisited

About the author

Jongwoo Han is president of The Korean War Legacy Foundation & The World History Digital Education Foundation and non-resident fellow at the Sejong Institute, R.O.K.

Summary

In tracing the history of U.S./Korea encounters, this book stresses that as America opened a Pandora Box with an initial raid, thereby unleashing the “Korean Question”, the United States now needs to uphold its initial peaceful treaty commitment by normalizing relations with Pyeongyang, thus bringing closure to the "Korean Question."

Product details

• Authors: Jongwoo Han, Han Jongwoo
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781498582810
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8281-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Lexington Studies on Korea's Place in International Relations; Bloomsbury Studies on Korea's Place in International Relations
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Korea, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, Asian History