The Will to Win focuses on the substantial role of US military advisors to the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) from 1946 until 1953 in one of America’s early attempts at nation building.Gibby describes ROKA’s structure, mission,...Loe edasi...
An engaging history covering a century of conflict on the Korean PeninsulaKorea at War recounts how two separate nations emerged on the Korean peninsula as the result of devastating conflicts involving provocative personalities...Loe edasi...
On 25 June 1950, the simmering Cold War suddenly turned hot when North Korea, backed by the Soviet Union, crossed the 38th parallel and invaded the South. The United Nations responded rapidly, urging member states to aid South Korea, and among the n...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Feb-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN-13: 9781512828733)
How the US military origins of global capitalism facilitated both South Korea’s “economic miracle” and the decline of US industrial might Standardizing Empire traces the origins of today’s United States-led capitalist world e...Loe edasi...
The untold story of the rivalry between the US Army and US Marines in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir in 1950. For seven decades, the Marines have been hailed as valiant heroes and the Army grunts as cowards. The Army survivors and their famili...Loe edasi...
The untold story of the rivalry between the US Army and US Marines in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir in 1950. For seven decades, the Marines have been hailed as valiant heroes and the Army grunts as cowards. The Army survivors and their famili...Loe edasi...
How can a war--labeled a police action yet costing millions of lives, traumatizing countless other individuals, and razing cities and villages--be forgotten? Despite its widespread effects, the Korean War received less media attention...Loe edasi...
This book comprises the biographies of the North Korean politicians whose actions played a pivotal role in shaping the formation of the country during the late 1940s, the Korean War of 1950-53 and the power struggles of the mid-1950s....Loe edasi...
The untold story of the rivalry between the US Army and US Marines in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir in 1950. For seven decades, the Marines have been hailed as valiant heroes and the Army grunts as cowards. The Army survivors and their families...Loe edasi...
When North Korea mounted its audacious surprise invasion of South Korea in June 1950, the world was stunned. Within 3 days, the Soviet backed North Koreans had captured the South Korean capital of Seoul and threatened to soon take over the entire cou...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: University Press of Kansas, ISBN-13: 9780700640126)
A deeply researched political history that finds a new origin story to todays deeply entrenched partisanship. Cash reminds us that the forgotten war in Korea was also the occasion for the forgotten debate between liberals and conservatives. ...Loe edasi...
Investigating more than 70 key concepts relating to the performing arts in more than six non-European languages, this volume provides a groundbreaking research tool and one-of-a-kind reference source for theatre, performance, and dance studies wor...Loe edasi...
