American Diplomacy and Strategy toward Korea and Northeast Asia, 1882–1950 and After

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Sources of US Commitment toward Korea

Chapter 3 The Rise of Korean Expectation and Decline of US Commitment to Korea, 1882–1901

Chapter 4 Great Power Rivalry and US Assessment at the Outbreak of the War

Chapter 5 US Diplomacy and the Japanese Imposition of Protectorate on Korea

Chapter 6 Vision of Cooperation among the Allies and the Four-power Trusteeship Plan for Korea

Chapter 7 Emergence of the Bipolar Perception and a Missed Opportunity for Diplomacy

Chapter 8 Consolidation of the Bipolar Perception and US Suggestion of the Thirty-eighth Parallel

Chapter 9 Uncertain Strategic Situation and Rise of Competing Recommendations toward Korea

Chapter 10 The Reemergence of a Multipolar Vision and the Decision for Withdrawal from Korea

Chapter 12 Conclusion