{"product_id":"9781410212795","title":"Korea","description":"In 236 pages of detailed analysis, Korea - The 38th Parallel North presents fascinating insight from a North Korean perspective of the geopolitical events and U.S.\/U.S.S.R. domestic considerations following World War II that led to the division of Korea, thus setting the stage for the Korean War.\u003cp\u003eContents (with a partial listing of chapter subsections):\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 - \"In Due Course\"\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Strategies of Belligerent Parties, The Cairo Declaration and its Shadow.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 - The Scramble of the Big Powers for Korea \u003cbr\u003eRoosevelt - Proposer of Trusteeship, Talks between Hopkins and Stalin, Avarice of Chiang Kai-shek, Secret Bargain Between the U.S. and Japan, The Proposal for Joint Occupation by the Four Big Powers.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 - Child of the US-Soviet Conflict and Compromise\u003cbr\u003eU.S.-Soviet Diplomatic Campaign, First Official Record of 38th Parallel, US-Soviet Compromise.\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 - The \"Cold War\" Freezes the 38th Parallel as a Line of Political Division\u003cbr\u003eDisruption of the USSR-U.S. Joint Commission, Korean Question and the United Nations, Tragic Demarcation Along 38th Parallel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book provides a very interesting perspective of how \"the other side\" thought during that tumultuous time between WWII and the Korean War\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Press Holdings International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025405886704,"sku":"9781410212795","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781410212795_p0.jpg?v=1764100545","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781410212795","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}