Britain's Korean War : Cold War diplomacy, strategy and security 195053 - Thomas Hennessey

Britain's Korean War

Cold War diplomacy, strategy and security 195053

By: Thomas Hennessey

Hardcover | 30 November 2013

At a Glance

Hardcover


$209.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $52.44 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 15 to 25 business days

When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate

Available in paperback for the first time, this book assesses the strains within the 'Special Relationship' between London and Washington and offers a new perspective on the limits and successes of British influence during the Korean War. The interaction between the main personalities on the British side - Attlee, Bevan, Morrison, Churchill and Eden - and their American counterparts - Truman, Acheson, Eisenhower and Dulles - are chronicled. By the end of the war the British were concerned that it was the Americans, rather than the Soviets, who were the greater threat to world peace. British fears concerning the Korean War were not limited to the diplomatic and military fronts these extended to the 'Manchurian Candidate' threat posed by returning prisoners of war who had been exposed to communist indoctrination. The book is essential reading for those interested in British and US foreign policy and military strategy during the Cold War.
Industry Reviews
Hennessey ends with a fascinating chapter on the government's 'screening' of released British POWs-aptly entitled 'Manchurian candidates'-and an epilogue on the Bermuda Conference of December 1953. -- .

More in International Relations

World Without End : The #1 International Bestseller - Jean-Marc Jancovici
An Introduction to Public International Law - Cecily Rose

RRP $67.95

$57.95

15%
OFF
Red Notice : How I Became Putin's No. 1 Enemy - Bill Browder
A Liveable Future is Possible - Noam Chomsky

RRP $24.99

$23.75

True Believer : James Reece: Book 2 - Jack Carr

RRP $24.99

$23.75

Agent Sonya : Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy - Ben Macintyre
Transitional Justice after Clean Breaks : The Case of Portugal - Filipa Raimundo
The Art of Gathering : How We Meet and Why It Matters - Priya Parker