Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War - The Untold History

Zusatztext "Kim’s book opens the door on private battles that make war an intimate encounter." ---Sandra Fahy, European Journal of Korean Studies Informationen zum Autor Monica Kim is associate professor of history and the William Appleman Williams & David G. and Marion S. Meissner Chair in U.S. International and Diplomatic History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. Klappentext A groundbreaking look at how the interrogation rooms of the Korean War set the stage for a new kind of battle-not over land but over human subjectsTraditional histories of the Korean War have long focused on violations of the thirty-eighth parallel, the line drawn by American and Soviet officials in 1945 dividing the Korean peninsula. But The IThe story of how the Korean War interrogation rooms changed warfare and the decolonizing war by shifting conflicts from struggles over territory to fights over human interiority. Zusammenfassung A groundbreaking look at how the interrogation rooms of the Korean War set the stage for a new kind of battle-not over land but over human subjectsTraditional histories of the Korean War have long focused on violations of the thirty-eighth parallel, the line drawn by American and Soviet officials in 1945 dividing the Korean peninsula. But The I

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Monica Kim
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780691166223
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16622-3
• Pagine: 452
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Archaeology, South Korea, Asian History, Battles & campaigns, Modern warfare, History and Archaeology, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Specific wars and campaigns, North Korea, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General