Bruce Cummings The Korean War: A History

U.S. History/ English
Junior Thesis Annotated Bibliography

Cumings, Bruce. The Korean War: A History. New York: Modern Library, 2010. Print.

Bruce Cummings is a service professor and chair to the department of history at the university of Chicago, and specializes in modern Korean history and East Asian - American relations. In his book bruce shows how the war was a long struggle for the asians that still haunts contemporary events in Asia. He uncovers the massacres and atrocities committed on all sides. He also shares the history of America post-World War ll occupation of korea.

Summers, Harry G. Korean War Almanac. Ed. James Warren, Helen Flynn, and Eleanora Schoenebaum. New York: Facts on File, 1990. Print.

Harry Summers served
He is well known as an authority on the korean war. He is the author of multiple other books including Korea-The Limited War. Mr.Rees is a senior fellow of the institute for the study conflict. This book provides a very good overview of the Korean war, with many photographs. In his book Rees talks about the aftermath of the war and implications of the war.

Stueck, William Whitney. The Korean War: An International History. Ed. Bonnie Cary. Trans. Zhai Qiang, Chen Jian, Zhang Shuguang, and Guo Xixiao. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1995. Print.

International history of the korean war argues that by its timing, its course, and its outcome it functioned as a substitute for World War lll. In his book Stueck argues that contributions to the U.N. cause in Korea provided support not out of any abstract commitment to a universal system of collective but because they saw an opportunity to influence U.S. policy. While exposing the tragic and brutal nature of the war, Stueck believes that it helped to prevent the occurrence of an even more destructive conflict in Europe.

Stokesbury, James L. A Short History of the Korean War. Comp. Truman R. Strobridge. Ed. Carolyn Bowlby and Joy Cavizzi. New York: W. Morrow, 1988.
Stokesbury was born in Derby, Connecticut, and served in the united states Navy from 1953 to 1957. He has a B.A. from acadia University in Nova Scotia, Where he is now a professor of history and chairman of the history department. He studies for his M.A. at the university Western Ontario, and at Duke University for his PH.D. Professor Stokesbury lives in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, with his wife and three children. In this book Stokesbury covers information about the North Korean invasion of june 1950, the Busan (부산) perimeter crisis, MacArthur’s master stroke at Incheon (인천) and the intervention by Chinese forces.

Library and Museum, Presidential. "The Cold War." - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. Columbia Point, Boston MA, 02 Dec. 2005. Web. 07 Mar. 2016.

This article summarizes the cold war and focuses on the changing moods of everyone involved. It talks a little bit about how the Cold War dominated the 1960 presidential campaign. There is a brief mention of Kennedy’s plans for during and after the war. It also brings more attention to the cuban missile crisis and vietnam.

The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, The Editors at Encycopaedia Britannnica. "Cold War." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Mar. 2007. Web. 07 Mar. 2016.

This article provides a brief introduction to the cold war. It focuses mainly on the origins of the war and the struggles between superpowers. The article ends with a summary of America after the