{"product_id":"korea-ryo-sung-chol-9781410212795","title":"Korea: The 38th Parallel North","description":"In 236 pages of detailed analysis, Korea - The 38th Parallel North presents fascinating insight from a North Korean perspective of the geopolitical events and U.S.\/U.S.S.R. domestic considerations following World War II that led to the division of Korea, thus setting the stage for the Korean War. Contents (with a partial listing of chapter subsections): Chapter 1 - \"In Due Course\" Political Strategies of Belligerent Parties, The Cairo Declaration and its Shadow. Chapter 2 - The Scramble of the Big Powers for Korea Roosevelt - Proposer of Trusteeship, Talks between Hopkins and Stalin, Avarice of Chiang Kai-shek, Secret Bargain Between the U.S. and Japan, The Proposal for Joint Occupation by the Four Big Powers. Chapter 3 - Child of the US-Soviet Conflict and Compromise U.S.-Soviet Diplomatic Campaign, First Official Record of 38th Parallel, US-Soviet Compromise. Chapter 4 - The \"Cold War\" Freezes the 38th Parallel as a Line of Political Division Disruption of the USSR-U.S. Joint Commission, Korean Question and the United Nations, Tragic Demarcation Along 38th Parallel. The book provides a very interesting perspective of how \"the other side\" thought during that tumultuous time between WWII and the Korean War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryo Sung Chol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1410212793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781410212795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of the Pacific\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.12w x 0.66d","brand":"Ryo Sung Chol","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444750594303,"sku":"9781410212795","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d330c740-b685-438f-abcd-339c87421985.jpg?v=1777214304","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/korea-ryo-sung-chol-9781410212795","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}