{"product_id":"korea-at-war-9780804854627","title":"Korea at War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn 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 and superpower intrigues. The topics covered in this fascinating book include:The brutal years of Japanese colonial rule which began with Japan's annexation of Korea and ended with its defeat in World War IIand which still dominate Japanese-Korean relations todayThe division of the country into a totalitarian North and a prosperous, democratic SouthNorth Korea's invasion of the South, motivated by Stalin, which led to the bloody Korean Wara conflict that is still not settled to this dayThe 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 ChinaThe rise of the Kim regime in North Korea and the continuing threat of nuclear war todayHistorian Michael J. Seth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Korea has been a nation divided into vastly different social systems and \"perpetually at war\" with itself. Seth's new book \u003ci\u003eKorea at War\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to describe and explain this geopolitical transformation.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Asian Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is about much more than just the war itself, as Seth looks at Korea's pre- and post-war history, and how South Korea is unique in charting its own development while still, technically, in a state of war.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Asian Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e Podcast with Michael J Seth, author of \u003ci\u003eKorea at War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405637951831,"sku":"9780804854627","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/korea-at-war-9780804854627","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}