Brothers at War – The Unending Conflict in Korea - Hardcover

Jager, Sheila Miyoshi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393068498 ISBN 13: 9780393068498

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013

Synopsis

Sixty years after North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea, the Korean War has not yet ended. Sheila Miyoshi Jager presents the first comprehensive history of this misunderstood war, one that risks involving the world s superpowers again. Her sweeping narrative ranges from the middle of the Second World War when Korean independence was fiercely debated between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill to the present day, as North Korea, with China s aid, stockpiles nuclear weapons while starving its people. At the center of this conflict is an ongoing struggle between North and South Korea for the mantle of Korean legitimacy, a brother s war, which continues to fuel tensions on the Korean peninsula and the region. Drawing from newly available diplomatic archives in China, South Korea, and the former Soviet Union, Jager analyzes top-level military strategy. She brings to life the bitter struggles of the postwar period and shows how the conflict between the two Koreas has continued to evolve to the present, with important and tragic consequences for the region and the world. Her portraits of the many fascinating characters that populate this history Truman, MacArthur, Kim Il Sung, Mao, Stalin, and Park Chung Hee reveal the complexities of the Korean War and the repercussions this conflict has had on lives of many individuals, statesmen, soldiers, and ordinary people, including the millions of hungry North Koreans for whom daily existence continues to be a nightmarish struggle. The most accessible, up-to date, and balanced account yet written, illustrated with dozens of astonishing photographs and maps, Brothers at War will become the definitive chronicle of the struggle s origins and aftermath and its global impact for years to come."

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Product Description:

Brothers at War Combines international events and personal accounts to give a fresh history of the Korean War, its aftermath and its global impact told from American, Korean, Soviet and Chinese sides. This title examines the military, the social and political aspects of the war across the whole region, taking the story up to the present day. Full description

Review:

This book offers the most up-to-date history of the Korean War, which has not formally ended even today. --Akira Iriye, Charles Warren Research Professor of American History, Harvard University

This is a book that will both engage scholars and empower teachers of Asian and international studies. --Carter J. Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History, Harvard University

Ms. Jager has written the most balanced and comprehensive account of the Korean war. Perhaps by chronicling the brutal deeds of this "forgotten war," this book will help lay them to rest.

Superb. --Mark Atwood Lawrence

Magisterial history. --Andrew J. Nathan

Sheila Miyoshi Jager's Brothers at War does an exceptionally good job of bringing the conflict to life, and in ways not always comfortable for today s readers. --Eliot A. Cohen

Brothers at War does an exceptionally good job of bringing the conflict to life, and in ways not always comfortable for today s reader. --Eliot A. Cohen"

[A] magisterial history of the Korean War. --Andrew Nathan"

Superb Elegant and balanced. --Mark Atwood Lawrence"

Compelling [and] wonderfully researched. "

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0393068498
• ISBN 13: 9780393068498
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 608