Faculty of Arts
The Korean War 1950-53 (1)
Lecture:
Thursday 15 September: The Dividing of Korea
Lecturer:
Greg Bankoff
Seminar topic:
Thursday 15 September & Wednesday 21 September:
The Cold War in Korea was a direct consequence of World War 2
The origins of the Korean War were as much a product of history as politics
Required Readings:
Stuek, William (2002) ‘The Coming of the Cold War to Korea.’ Rethinking the Korean War A New Diplomatic and Strategic History. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, pp.11-38. ISBN 0691088535
Lowe, Peter (1990) ‘The Approach of Confrontation in Korea’. The Origins of the Korean War. Longman, London and New York pp 43-71. ISBN 0582251478
Recommended Readings:
Cotton, James and Neary, Ian, The Korean War in History, Humanities Press International,
Donaldson,
Gittings, John (1977) The War Before
Halliday, John (1977) The Political Background. In G. McCormack and J. Gittings (ed) Crisis in Korea, Spokesman Books,
Hastings, Max, The Korean War, Simon and
Hickey, Michael, The Korean War: The West confronts Communism, J. Murray Publishers,
Kaufman,
Kim, Chull Baum and Matray,
Kim, Chom-gon, The Korean War: The first comprehensive account of the historical background and development of the Korean War, Kwangmyong Publishers,
Knox, Donald, The Korean War: An Oral History, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
Lone,
MacDonald, C.,
Spanier, John, The Truman-MacArthur controversy and the Korean War, Belknap Press,
Stokesbury, James, A short history of the Korean War, W. Morrow Publishers,
Stueck, William Whitney, The Korean War: An International History,
Whelan, Richard, Drawing the line: the Korean War, 1950 - 1953, Little, Brown and Co.
Links:
Examining the Korean War.
http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/stanley/home.html
Korea Divided.
http://www.kimsoft.com/korea/eyewit15.htm
The United States Enters the Korean Conflict.
http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/korea/home.html
Truman Library Archives – Korean War.
http://www.whistlestop.org/study_collections/korea/large/