Korean Endgame: A Strategy for Reunification and U.S. Disengagement

by Selig S. Harrison

Book Overview

Nearly half a century after the fighting stopped, the 1953 Armistice has yet to be replaced with a peace treaty formally ending the Korean War. While Russia and China withdrew the last of their forces in 1958, the United States maintains 37,000 troops in South Korea and is pledged to defend it with nuclear weapons. In Korean Endgame, Selig Harrison mounts the first authoritative challenge to this long-standing U.S. policy.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691116261
• ISBN13: 9780691116266
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Commentary on Selig Harrison's Korean Endgame

For a long time I have been searching for a book that addresses the potentially explosive issue of Korea, and even more specifically North Korea. Is Kim Jong Il a madman? What is he seeking? For answers to these questions, and even more imporant ones, this is a book worth reading. Because I served in Korea during the war, I am more than a little interested in what takes place there. Mr. Harrison's evenhanded account of events over the past few years gave me a better understanding of the Korean situation. If only certain elements in the US government gave this a read, I think all of us would benefit.

Concise and Well-Researched

I went into this book with the normal American preconceptions about North Korean stability and their aggressive track record. The author takes the time to lay out the reasons - and offers concrete steps for all sides that, if carried out, would end the Korean War once and for all. Significant research went into this book. I have yet to find a more well-researched and documented presentation on the historical and present state of Korea, and what it will take to finally declare the end of the war and reduce the $40B spent anually to drag it out.