Product Description: This book provides scholars and students examining Korea's place in modern world politics with an invaluable resource for understanding the causes, course, and consequences of the ongoing crisis on the Korean Peninsula.• Provides readers with an understanding of the reasons for the existence of two nations on the Korean Peninsula• Exposes how outside powers have intervened in Korean affairs throughout its modern history―with disastrous results• Explains the development of North Korea into an isolated nation with a government determined to possess nuclear weapons• Suggests avenues for Korea's reunification and the achievement of permanent peace and stability on the peninsul...read more

Product Description: Harry S. Truman made decisions as president that would have a decisive impact in determining the course of history in Northeast Asia after World War II. These essays examine how Truman acted to resolve challenges facing the United States from 1945 to 1952 in Japan, China, and the two Koreas...read more

Explains why China was ill-prepared to handle the influence and demands of the Western powers from the late eighteenth century to the turn of the twentieth.

While borders may reflect and affirm the cultural, ethnic, or linguistic perimeters that define a people or a country, this series explores how the migration of goods, resources, and people works to undermine the separation imposed by such borders.

While borders may reflect and affirm the cultural, ethnic, or linguistic perimeters that define a people or a country, this series explores how the migration of goods, resources, and people works to undermine the separation imposed by such borders.

Looks at the history of the borders in the Czech Republic as a result of political, territorial, and economic disputes, and discusses the Velvet Revolution.

Chronicles the construction and history of the great fortified wall that was built across sections of northern China at differing times, concluding with what the wall has presently come to symbolize.

Looks at the history of the partition of Palestine in the twentieth century which has led to a series of wars and border conflicts with Israel and continues to contribute to the overall instability of the region.

Discusses the partition of Korea at the 38th parallel after World War II, the conflicting political and economic systems that developed after the division, and recent tensions between North and South Korea.

Looks at the history of the partition which separated the six counties of Northern Ireland from Southern Ireland, the intense period of civil war which followed, and the current attempts of political leaders to find a settlement.

Looks at the history of the boundary between the United States and Mexico.

Looks at the history of the boundaries which were set up by the European powers when they divided the lands of the former Ottoman Empire after World War I, separating some peoples, chiefly the Kurds, and grouping others into new nations. (view table of contents)

Examines the conflict in Vietnam as a nationalistic fight to eliminate the artificial divisions created by French colonialism and American Cold War policies. (view table of contents)

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Uses essays, biographical portraits, and primary documents to explain the rise of the Japanese economy after World War II. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Diplomatic history.

Product Description: Designed as a helpful reference tool for both Asian specialists and students and scholars in the broader fields of diplomatic history and foreign relations, this comprehensive historical dictionary contains a series of in-depth essays which describe the diplomatic, political, and military developments sorrounding the Korean War...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This is a detailed analysis of American foreign policy towards Korea from the time of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor to the Truman decision to dispatch combat troops to Korea. Basing his research on declassified government documents, the author shows how U...read more