Kurzbeschreibung:

An engaging history covering a century of conflict on the Korean Peninsula
Korea at War recounts how two separate nations emerged on the Korean peninsula as the result of devastating conflicts involving provocative personalities and superpower intrigues. The topics covered in this fascinating book include:
The brutal years of Japanese colonial rule which began with Japans annexation of Korea and ended with its defeat in World War II and which still dominate Japanese-Korean relations today
The division of the country into a totalitarian North and a prosperous, dematic South
North Koreas invasion of the South, motivated by Stalin, which led to the bloody Korean War a conflict that is still not settled to this day
The irascible General Douglas MacArthur, who was relieved of his command by President Truman when he disobeyed a direct order and attempted to expand the war into China
The rise of the Kim regime in...