Deadlock in Korea
Deadlock in Korea

Author: Ted Barris

Publisher: Dundurn.com

Published: 2010-05-22

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 0887628206

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Between 1950 and 1953, nearly 30,000 Canadian volunteers joined the effort to contain communist incursions into South Korea and support the fledgling United Nations. All the services were there and all served with distinction. The Royal Canadian Navy led a daring rescue of troops from the port of Chinnampo in 1950; members of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry won the highest US battle honour at Kap’yong in April 1951; the Vandoos turned the tide at Hill 355; and twice – at Hill 355 in October 1952 and Hill 187 in May 1953 – members of the Royal Canadian Regiment held firm against forces that greatly outnumbered them. The navy and the infantry were bolstered by the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and Lord Strathcona’s Horse tanks, as well as members of the service, medical, engineers, provost, chaplain and intelligence corps. Still more, from the RCAF Thunderbird Squadron, took part in the Korean Airlift – three years of non-stop supply flights across the Pacific.

Dundurn Korean War Library Bundle
Dundurn Korean War Library Bundle

Author: Fred Gaffen

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 1096

ISBN-13: 1459723848

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This ebook bundle contains five books that chronicle Canada’s participation in the conflict that gripped the Korean peninsula from 1950–53 and resulted in two very different nations that remain at odds today. This bloody and traumatic face-off between capitalist and communist ideologies highlighted the tensions of the Cold War that drew in nations from many parts of the world. Canadian soldiers did their part and many sacrificed their lives for the democratic cause. Those interested in the war and the Canadian role in it will find a wealth of information and analysis in this collection of works by leading historians. Includes Cross-Border Warriors Deadlock in Korea Fighting Words Korea Triumph at Kapyong

Crisis in a Divided Korea
Crisis in a Divided Korea

Author: James I. Matray

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2016-04-18

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13:

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This book provides scholars and students examining Korea's place in modern world politics with an invaluable resource for understanding the causes, course, and consequences of the ongoing crisis on the Korean Peninsula. Why is Korea still divided into two nations? How does the decades-old tension between North Korea and South Korea affect all of Asia as well as influence several of the world's major powers, including Japan, the People's Republic of China, Russia, and the United States? This book provides answers to these questions and more, presenting readers with descriptions of historical developments in Korea's past and supplying the necessary context for understanding why the Korean Peninsula remains split at the 38th parallel. Two comprehensive opening chapters present a broad overview of events in Korea's history from ancient times through the start of World War II. The subsequent chapters cover Korea's role in the Cold War, describing the Soviet-American sponsorship of two Koreas, the Korean War, Soviet and Chinese support for North Korea, the U.S. alliance with South Korea, South Korea's long struggle to achieve democracy, the Kim dynasty in North Korea, and moments of tension and cooperation between North and South Korea. Written in a clear, direct, and accessible style, the book will be valuable to high school, undergraduate, and graduate-level students.

A Comparative Case Study Analysis for a Breakthrough of North Korea's Deadlock in the Case of Iran, Ukraine and South Africa
A Comparative Case Study Analysis for a Breakthrough of North Korea's Deadlock in the Case of Iran, Ukraine and South Africa

Author: Jasmin Kienberger

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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The emergence of the nuclear crisis with North Korea has renewed scholarly efforts to understand the varying causes of this crisis. This thesis is an analysis of the nuclear crisis of North Korea by doing a comparative case study analysis. This method has been chosen in order to describe the main similarities and contrasts among the cases. The author used cases that limited their nuclear power potential such as Iran, South Africa and Ukraine. In order to draw a conclusion for North Korea, the author is studying the main domestic conditions that favor countries’ agreement on nuclear deals limiting their nuclear power potential. Furthermore, the author is using two main international relations theories, liberal institutionalism and realism, to support the main findings. The main findings of the analysis why states limited their nuclear power potential are domestic regime transitions, high cost of nuclear program, international sanctions, regional stability, international pressure to sign the NPT, independence, operational difficulties, economic hardship and nuclear accidents. Even though the challenges of all case studies distinct in many ways, some same patterns can be illustrated. As the analysis shows, North Korea is still in need of certain domestic changes. Several parties play an important role when it comes to the crisis of North Korea. Not only the EU and the UN but also South Korea, the US, Japan and China have a specific role within this conflict. As history shows, agreements sometimes also end. In 1994 the US and the DPRK agreed to the Agreed Framework but it ended in 2003 due to the fact that the hostility between the two countries grew. North Korea also withdrew from the NPT after the country ended the agreement. After conducting research on all cases studies the author can say that there is hope for future negotiations with North Korea. Western states and international organizations need to take this opportunity with caution as the cost of failure can be very harmful for the human society.