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Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History. By William Stueck. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-- 691-08853-5. Maps. Photographs. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Pp. xiv, 285. $29.95.
This volume comprises a lively and balanced reassessment of the origins, character and impact of the Korean War. William Stueck is the author of two books dealing with this broad area, apart from the work considered here. He is concerned with posing key questions, such as how Korea came to be divided in 1945; how the United States and the Soviet Union sponsored rival regimes, following the breakdown of the attempt to secure a unified state; how Syngman Rhee and Kim...