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The Korean War: An International History

The Korean War: An International History The Journal of Korean Studies 47 1 * * * The Korean War: An International History by Wada Haruki, trans­ lated by Frank Baldwin. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. 410 pp. Bibliography. $48.00 (hardcover and e-book) Wada Haruki 's remarkable book is the most comprehensive and balanced sin­ gle-volume history of the Korean War yet to be published. A senior scholar of international history in Japan, Wada draws on decades of research into the archives and scholarly literature of Russia, the United States, China, Korea, and Japan. The breadth of his scholarship is therefore extraordinary, but what most distinguishes this account is that Wada places the Korean War squarely in the context of the modem history of Northeast Asia rather than primarily of the Cold War. Suggesting that the conflict of 1950-53 could more accurately be called the Nor theast Asia War, Wada presents the Korean War as a continuation of the Chi­ nese Civil War. Throughout the book he maintains an impressive balance between local and international aspects, military and diplomatic components, and military events and local politics. Moreover, for the first time in a general history of the war, Wada fully incorporates Japan into the narrative. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Korean Studies Duke University Press

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Copyright © 2015 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
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0731-1613
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2158-1665
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10.1353/jks.2015.0021
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The Journal of Korean Studies 47 1 * * * The Korean War: An International History by Wada Haruki, trans­ lated by Frank Baldwin. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. 410 pp. Bibliography. $48.00 (hardcover and e-book) Wada Haruki 's remarkable book is the most comprehensive and balanced sin­ gle-volume history of the Korean War yet to be published. A senior scholar of international history in Japan, Wada draws on decades of research into the archives and scholarly literature of Russia, the United States, China, Korea, and Japan. The breadth of his scholarship is therefore extraordinary, but what most distinguishes this account is that Wada places the Korean War squarely in the context of the modem history of Northeast Asia rather than primarily of the Cold War. Suggesting that the conflict of 1950-53 could more accurately be called the Nor theast Asia War, Wada presents the Korean War as a continuation of the Chi­ nese Civil War. Throughout the book he maintains an impressive balance between local and international aspects, military and diplomatic components, and military events and local politics. Moreover, for the first time in a general history of the war, Wada fully incorporates Japan into the narrative.

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Journal of Korean Studies – Duke University Press

Published: Sep 15, 2015

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