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Truman and Korea
Paul G. Pierpaoli
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Description for Truman and Korea
Hardcover. An analysis of the political, economic, social and international ramifications of America's first war of Soviet containment. It identifies Korea as a turning point in the Cold War, and is based upon research in files, manuscripts and records belonging to Truman and wartime and government agencies. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; HBG; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
Detailing for the first time the story of America's homefront during the Korean War, Truman and Korea fills an important gap in the historical scholarship of the postwar era. Paul Pierpaoli analyzes the political, economic, social, and international ramifications of America's first war of Soviet containment, never losing sight of the larger context of the cold war. He focuses on how and why the Truman administration undertook a bloody, inconclusive war on the Korean peninsula while permanently placing the nation on a war footing. Truman and Korea illuminates the importance of the Korean conflict as a critical turning point in ... Read more
Detailing for the first time the story of America's homefront during the Korean War, Truman and Korea fills an important gap in the historical scholarship of the postwar era. Paul Pierpaoli analyzes the political, economic, social, and international ramifications of America's first war of Soviet containment, never losing sight of the larger context of the cold war. He focuses on how and why the Truman administration undertook a bloody, inconclusive war on the Korean peninsula while permanently placing the nation on a war footing. Truman and Korea illuminates the importance of the Korean conflict as a critical turning point in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Missouri Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826212061
SKU
V9780826212061
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Ref
99-15
About Paul G. Pierpaoli
Paul G. Pierpaoli, Jr., is Assistant to the Superintendent and teaches history at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington.
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