Foreign Friends: Syngman Rhee, American Exceptionalism, and the Division of Korea

by David P. Fields

The division of Korea in August 1945 was one of the most consequential foreign policy decisions of the twentieth century. Despite the enormous impact this split has had on international relations from the Cold War to the present, comparatively little has been done to explain the decision. In Foreign Friends: Syngman Rhee, American Exceptionalism, and the Division of Korea , author David P. Fields argues that the division resulted not from a snap decision...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813177197
• ISBN13: 9780813177199
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher