The Korean War : a history /

As Cumings eloquently explains, for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long fight filled with untold stories of bloody insurgencies and rebellions, massacres and atrocities. He incisively ties America's current foreign policy back to this remarkably violent war that killed as many...

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Main Author: Cumings, Bruce, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Modern Library, [2010]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Modern Library chronicles.
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Summary:As Cumings eloquently explains, for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long fight filled with untold stories of bloody insurgencies and rebellions, massacres and atrocities. He incisively ties America's current foreign policy back to this remarkably violent war that killed as many as four million Koreans, two thirds of whom were civilians.
Physical Description:xix, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-275) and index.
ISBN:9780679643579 (acid-free paper)
0679643575 (acid-free paper)