The Korean War: Challenges in Crisis, Credibility, and Command - Hardcover

Kaufman, Burton I.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0877224188 ISBN 13: 9780877224181

Publisher: Temple Univ Pr, 1986

Synopsis

Traces U.S. involvement in the Korean War, analyzes American foreign policy of the period, and compares the war to the war in Vietnam

About this title

From the Publisher:

-Emphasis is on the nexus at which foreign policy decision making in Washington and military decision making in Korea interact.
-Places the conflict in a broad domestic and international setting and discusses the various political pressures on the White House.
-Stresses three themes- crisis, credibility, and command in relation to sending troops to Korea.

-100 pages shorter. Themes and coverage remain the same, but much detail has been eliminated making the book more accessible to the student.
-Incorporates the newest scholarship on the Korean War.
-Increased coverage of the geopolitical and geostrategic context of the war.
-Increased coverage of Soviet and Chinese policy with respect to the war.
-Further discussion of the use of nuclear weapons during the war.

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0877224188
• ISBN 13: 9780877224181
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1