Stalin's last war
Subtitle: Korea and the approach to World War III
By: Alan J. Levine.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Korean War, 1950-1953; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Soviet Union; World politics -- 1945-1989; Communism -- Korea -- History; Soviet Union -- Relations -- Korea (North); Korea (North) -- Relations -- Soviet Union
Description: "This military and political history of the Korean War endeavors to give a fresh and less than fashionable account of the war. Utilizing both immediately postwar impressions and newly available evidence from Communist sources, it places the events in Korea into the larger framework of the early 1950s period of the Cold War"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: forgotten war?; title: The cold war to 1950; title: The world situation in 1950: prelude to the Korean War; title: The war begins: ROK defeat and un intervention; title: The defense of South Korea; title: Victory in South Korea; title: Chinese and Soviet intervention; title: The immediate consequences of the Korean War; title: Disaster in North Korea; title: The war scare of 1950-1951; title: Nadir and recovery; title: Stalin's decision for World War III; title: The Chinese are defeated: february to june 1951; title: The truman-macarthur conflict continues; title: Armistice talks begin; title: The cold war outside Korea, 1951-1952; title: Panmunjom: negotiations to deadlock; title: Stalin's last year; title: The end of the war.