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A Korean Conflict: The Tensions between Britain and America
Contributor(s): McLaine, Ian (Author)

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 ISBN: 1784530980     ISBN-13: 9781784530983
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
OUR PRICE: $183.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - Korean War
- History | Modern - 20th Century
- Political Science | International Relations - General
Dewey: 941.085
Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" L (1.50 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Cultural Region - British Isles
- Chronological Period - 1950's
- Cultural Region - East Asian
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Maps
 
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Publisher Description:
In 1950, just five years after the end of World War II, Britain and America again went to war--this time to try and combat the spread of communism in East Asia following the invasion of South Korea by communist forces from the North. This book charts the course of the UK-US 'special relationship' from the journey to war beginning in 1947 to the fall of the Labour government in 1951. Ian McLaine casts fresh light on relations between Truman and Attlee and their officials, diplomats and advisors, including Acheson and MacArthur. He shows how Britain was persuaded to join a war it could ill afford and was forced to rearm at great cost to the economy. The decision to participate in the war caused great strain to the Labour party--provoking the Bevan-Gaitskell split which was to keep the party out of office for the next decade. McLaine's revisionist study shows how disastrous the war was for the British--and for the Labour party in particular. It sheds important new light on UK-US relations during a key era in diplomatic and Cold War history.
 
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