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A BRACING ACCOUNT OF A WAR THAT IS EITHER MISUNDERSTOOD, FORGOTTEN, OR WILLFULLY IGNORED. For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long struggle that still haunts contemporary events. With access to new evidence and secret materials from both here and abroad, including an archive of captured North Korean documents, Bruce Cumings reveals the war as it was actually fought. He describes its origin as a civil war, preordained long before the first shots were fired in June 1950 by lingering fury over Japans occupation of Korea from 1910 to 1945. Cumings then shares the neglected history of Americas postWorld War II occupation of Korea, reveals untold stories of bloody insurgencies and rebellions, and tells of the United States officially entering the action on the side of the South, exposing as never before the appalling massacres and atrocities committed on all sides. Elegantly written and blisteringly honest, The Korean War is, like the war it illuminates, brief, devastating, and essential.

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The Origins of the Korean War, Volume I:
Liberation and the Emergence of Separate Regimes, 19451947

The Origins of the Korean War, Volume II:
The Roaring of the Cataract, 19471950

Koreas Place in the Sun: A Modern History

Parallax Visions: Making Sense of AmericanEast Asian Relations

Dominion from Sea to Sea: Pacific Ascendancy and American Power

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dissident, politician, statesman, conciliator, peacemaker

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2333 B.C .Mythical founding of the Korean nation by Tangun and his bear wife.
A.D. 668918Silla kingdom rules a Korea unified up to the Taedong River flowing through Pyongyang.
9181392Koryo dynasty governs Korea from its capital at Kaesong and produces the worlds most exquisite celadon pottery.
1231Mongols sweep through China and invade Korea.
1392Establishment of the Choson dynasty by Gen. Yi Song-gye, who makes Seoul the capital.
1443Invention of hangul, Koreas unique alphabet, by scholars working for King Sejong.
15921598Japanese invasions under the warlord Hideyoshi devastate Korea, but are turned back by Adm. Yi Sun-shins forces; Hideyoshi dies.
1876Japanese gunboats open Koreas ports to foreign trade and impose the first unequal treaty.
1882United States and Korea sign a similarly unequal treaty.
1894Tonghak peasant uprising defeated.
18941895Japan defeats China in Sino-Japanese War.
1894Slavery abolished.
19041905Japan wins Russo-Japanese War; Korea becomes a Japanese protectorate.
1910Japan annexes Korea as its colony and abolishes the Choson dynasty.
1919Independence movement against Japanese rule begins on March 1, and after many months of nationwide protest is crushed.
1932Japanese establish the puppet state of Manchukuo on March 1, comprising three northeastern provinces of China.
1937Japan provokes Sino-Japanese War.
1941Japan attacks the United States at Pearl Harbor.
1945Korea liberated following the surrender of Japanese forces to the Allies.
19451948U.S. Army Military Government in Korea.
1948Republic of Korea and Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea established.
19501953Korean War.
1961General Park Chung Hee leads the first military coup.
1980General Chun Doo Hwan crushes the Kwangju rebellion and leads the second military coup.
1987Nationwide protests force the military dictatorship to hold presidential elections.
1992Kim Young Sam elected president and ushers in a more democratic political era.
1994Kim Il Sung dies and his son, Kim Jong Il, becomes top leader in the North.
1997Kim Dae Jung becomes the first member of the opposition to win the presidency in the South.
2000First summit between Korean heads of state held in Pyongyang; Kim Dae Jung awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2002Roh Moo Hyun elected.
2007Lee Myung Bak elected.
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AMGU.S. Army Military Government
CICCounter-Intelligence Corps (American)
DPRKDemocratic Peoples Republic of Korea (North)
G-2U.S. Military Intelligence
JCSJoint Chiefs of Staff (American)
KCIAKorean Central Intelligence Agency
KMAGKorean Military Advisory Group (American)
KNPKorean National Police (South)
KPAKorean Peoples Army (North)
KTRCKorean Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South)
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