America's Commitment to South Korea: The First Decade of the Nixon Doctrine

by Joo-Hong Nam

Book Overview

The book analyses the strategic rationale of the American security commitment to South Korea in the light of the palpable failure of containment strategy in Indo-China. During the 1970s the dilemma confronting successive American administrations was that, whilst wishing to maintain their old commitment to South Korea, they had no desire to preside over another Vietnam. Military commitment and political support were necessarily disengaged, and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521125448
• ISBN13: 9780521125444
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"