Full Description
The Korean War was a significant turning point in the Cold War. This volume explains how the conflict in a small peninsula in East Asia had a tremendous impact on the entire international system and the balance of power between the two superpowers, America and Russia.
Contents
Introduction and Chronology; Warring sides; Outbreak; The fighting; Portrait of a soldier; The world around war; Portrait of a civlian; How the war ended; Conclusion and Consequences