CHAPTER 2. Syngman Rhee, the Truman Doctrine, and American Policy toward Korea, 1947–1948

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I. ORIGINS
7. CHAPTER 1. The Coming of the Cold War to Korea 11
8. CHAPTER 2. Syngman Rhee, the Truman Doctrine, and American Policy toward Korea, 1947–1948 39
9. CHAPTER 3. Why the Korean War, Not the Korean Civil War? 61
10. PART II. COURSE
11. CHAPTER 4. The Road to Chinese Intervention, July–November 1950 87
12. CHAPTER 5. Why the War Did Not Expand beyond Korea, November 1950–July 1951 118
13. CHAPTER 6. Negotiating an Armistice, July 1951–July 1953: Why Did It Take So Long? 143
14. PART III. BROADER ISSUES
15. CHAPTER 7. The Korean War and the American Relationship with Korea 185
16. CHAPTER 8.The Korean War as a Challenge to American Democracy 213
17. Abbreviations 241
18. Notes 245
19. Index 277