The Rise and Fall of the United States Trusteeship Plan for Korea as a Peace-maintenance Scheme
Journal: Diplomacy and Statecraft
Year: 2013

Abstract During the Second World War, the American State Department prepared a Korean trusteeship plan with a view to mitigate Great Power rivalry over Korea after Japanese defeat. To achieve this goal, the Department recommended that American leaders consult with Russian leaders to manage the joint trusteeship whilst maintaining the administrative unity of Korea. However, amid a sharp rise of threat perception over Soviet expansion and the expectation of the development of an atomic bomb, the T