Crisis in Korea [electronic resource] : America, China and the risk of war / Tim Beal.
2011
DS935.7.K6 B435 2011eb
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Title
Crisis in Korea [electronic resource] : America, China and the risk of war / Tim Beal.
Author
Beal, Tim.
ISBN
9781849646109 (electronic bk.)
1849646104 (electronic bk.)
9780745331614
0745331610
9780745331621
0745331629
1849646104 (electronic bk.)
9780745331614
0745331610
9780745331621
0745331629
Imprint
London : Pluto Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 268 p.) : ill., map.
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DS935.7.K6 B435 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
355.0330519
Summary
"The South Korean warship Cheonan was sunk in mysterious circumstances on 26 March 2010. The remarkable events that followed are analysed by Tim Beal and woven into a larger study of the increasingly volatile relations between North and South Korea and US concern about the rise of China. South Korea's stance towards the North has hardened significantly since the new conservative government came to power. Beal argues that the South moved quickly to use the sinking of the Cheonan to put international pressure on the North, even before the cause of the sinking had been established. The US followed suit by attempting to pressurise China into condemning North Korea. The media reports at the time presented an open and shut case of unprovoked North Korean aggression, but the evidence points towards the accidental triggering of a South Korean mine as the cause and South Korean fabrication to incriminate the North. With the South bent on forcing the fall of the North's regime with US help and China unlikely to stand idly by, this book offers an essential guide to the key factors behind the crisis and possible solutions."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-258) and index.
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Table of Contents
Part I: Korea and the postwar geopolitical transformation. Imperialism, nationalism, the division and reunification of Korea
Korea and the postcolonial world
The collapse of the Soviet Union and North Korea's 'arduous march'
The rise of China and the decline of America
Obama's strategic paralysis
Part II: Buildup to crisis : the Cheonan incident and its consequences. The mysterious sinking of the Cheonan, and the official investigation
From 'smoking gun' to rusty torpedo
Part III: Collapse and takeover. Scenario building : failed succession and collapse
The Northern Limit Line : keeping the war alive
Military exercises : precipitating collapse, preparing for invasion
The siege : sanctions, their role and effect
The costs and consequences of invasion
The China factor : into the abyss?
Korea and the postcolonial world
The collapse of the Soviet Union and North Korea's 'arduous march'
The rise of China and the decline of America
Obama's strategic paralysis
Part II: Buildup to crisis : the Cheonan incident and its consequences. The mysterious sinking of the Cheonan, and the official investigation
From 'smoking gun' to rusty torpedo
Part III: Collapse and takeover. Scenario building : failed succession and collapse
The Northern Limit Line : keeping the war alive
Military exercises : precipitating collapse, preparing for invasion
The siege : sanctions, their role and effect
The costs and consequences of invasion
The China factor : into the abyss?