| Edition |
1st pbk. ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 448 pages : map ; 24 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Three Alternative Futures -- Truman and the "Wedge" Strategy in 1949 -- The Attempt to Keep the Chinese and Russians Apart -- The Soviet Atomic Bomb Complicates American China Policy -- The Crumbling of American Strategy -- The Sino-Soviet Alliance Defeats the Wedge -- Mao and Stalin: A Modus Vivendi? -- Stalin Attempts to Retain World War II Gains in China -- Liu Shaoqi's Trip to Moscow -- Mao Zedong Goes to Moscow -- Stalin's Decision for War in Korea -- Truman Increases His Offer -- A Proposal for China -- Washington Begins to Show Its Cards -- A Desperate Attempt to Strike a Deal -- The New York Times and Acheson's Speech -- The Prospect of Negotiations Evaporates -- Mao's Choice and Its Consequences -- Mao Wants It Both Ways, But First the Treaty -- Stalin Sets the Stage -- The Korean Factor Enters -- The Treaty Negotiations Begin -- Stalin's "Second Group" of Issues -- Stalin Versus Mao, Korea or Taiwan: The Race to Strike First -- Stalin Plots Preemptive War -- Kim Il-sung and Mao Zedong -- Mao: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Strait -- Truman's Dilemma and the Decision to Change Strategy -- Strategy and Consequences -- The Question of Foreknowledge -- The United States Changes Strategy -- Washington Girds for Confrontation -- The Problem of Japan -- The Problem of Taiwan -- Korea and Containment -- South Korea in U.S. Strategy -- Tethering the South Korean Goat -- Muccio's and Roberts's Pleas for Assistance Ignored -- Washington Gives Muccio the Runaround -- The Tank Threat Emerges -- Discovery and Response. |
| Summary |
"Professor Richard C. Thornton's book is a political history of the contentious American-Soviet-Chinese interaction during 1949 and 1950 that precipitated the Korean War and altered the shape of global politics from then to now. Odd Man Out is based on recently declassified and previously unavailable documents from Soviet, Chinese, and U.S. archives. Thornton contends that the war was primarily the result of the machinations and miscalculations of Stalin, Truman, Mao, and their respective advisors. Thus, the strife between North Koreans and South Koreans was secondary, and the war itself was avoidable."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Causes.
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World politics -- 1945-1955.
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Korean War (1950-1953) (OCoLC)fst00988609
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War -- Causes.
(OCoLC)fst01170331
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World politics. (OCoLC)fst01181381
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| Chronological Term |
1945 - 1955
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| ISBN |
1574883437 (pbk.) |
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9781574883435 (pbk.) |
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1574882406 |
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9781574882407 |
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