The history of the ROK-US alliance, 1953-2013
Publisher: Institute for Military History Compilation, Ministry of National Defense
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [South Korea?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9791155980118
Subjects: American Military assistance; Foreign relations
Other titles: History of the Republic of Korea-United States alliance, 1953-2013
Description: "This book explains in full detail the blood-shared alliance between the ROK and the United States that started with the Korean War; the Mutual Defense Treaty that was concluded in the face of opposition to a ceasefire; the aid and grants from the United Nations and the United States for Korea's postwar reconstruction; the operation of the ROK-US security consultative meetings for the development of the ROK-US alliance; and the military provocations of North Korea and the development of the ROK-US Combined Defense System. It also provides in-depth analysis of the process of reduction of U.S. troops stationed in Korea according to changes of U.S. foreign policy toward the ROK; the dispatch of troops overseas and the ROK-US alliance; the North Korea nuclear crisis and the six-party talks; the spirit of the alliance that has endured over the last six decades; and the transition of the wartime operations control and the readjustment of the U.S. Forces in Korea"--P. [10-11].
Notes: "September 30, 2014."

Includes abstract.

Includes chronology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The establishment of the ROK-US alliance; title: The growth of the ROK-US alliance; title: The enhancement of the ROK-US alliance; title: The development of the ROK-US alliance.