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...James I. Matray The Korean Armistice . By Sidney D. Bailey . New York : St Martin's Press, Inc , 1992 . xiii, 312 pp. $49.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1994 1994 238 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES KOREA The Korean Armistice. By SIDNEY D . BAILEY. New York...

...Armin Rappaport Panmunjom: The Story of the Korean Military Armistice Negotiations . By William H. Vatcher, Jr. New York : Frederick A. Praeger , 1958 . 322 . Maps, Photographs, Index, Appendices. $4.75. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1958 1958 118 JOURNAL...

... that Mao Zedong was Moscow's puppet” (p. 361). This is a dark foreshadowing of events to come, as the last section of the book, “The Road to Kaesong,” details American plans enlisting George Kennan to seek strictly bilateral terms for an armistice with the Soviets, without consideration of the Chinese...

... War” after the 1950–1953 Korean War—and they lack mutual recognition of formal maritime boundaries in the West (Yellow) Sea. On July 27, 1953, the Korean War Armistice Agreement was ratified by the military commanders of the United Nations Command (UNC), the Chinese People's Volunteer Army...

...-written history focuses on the Korean War's impact on the Anglo-American "special relationship." It also provides a useful survey of the conflict's local and international origins, key allied decisions, the course of the fighting, and the tortuous armistice negotiations. Part of the Making of Modern...

... from the Cairo Declaration of 1943 down to the exchange of prisoners following the armistice agreement of July 27, 1953. As military history, it fails to provide an adequate tactical, strategic, or logistical analysis of the fighting in Korea. The enemy throughout is an amorphous and shadowy foe, nor...

...). In early January 1952, during armistice negotiations, US representatives suddenly proposed that POWs be given the “freedom” to choose whether they desired to be repatriated to their home countries. Delegates of both the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the People's Republic of China (PRC...

... Demarcation Line (MDL) is the actual ceasefire line between the two Koreas, but the DMZ extends two kilometers on both sides of the MDL as prescribed by the Armistice Agreement to prevent direct military engagement. The region just south of the DMZ, called the Civilian Control Zone (CCZ), requires prior...

... of the Indochina armistice with the French. Although this claim was not recognized, the armistice agreement for Laos granted the Pathet Lao temporary control over two of the mountain provinces, which they turned into their liberated area for furthering the revolution after 1954. So much, at least, Gunn makes clear...

... was one of China's chief negotiators during the Korean armistice talks. His discussion about how he and his fellow Chinese and North Korean negotiators handled the armistice talks is among one of the most detailed and revealing accounts that have been offered by members of the Chinese negotiation team...

..., are arranged chronologically. The third part contains topical discussions on Chinese nuclear defense and the correlation between nuclear threats and the Korean armistice. The title is a bit misleading since Ryan presents his arguments more in terms of "policy" than of "attitudes." Ryan sets out to prove...

...-American war ended in 1902, there was little jubilation in America. Cuba had been guaranteed its independence in recognition of its revolt against Spain. But the Philippine struggle for independence, which had forced Spanish colonial power to an armistice at Biak-na-Bato months before Dewey's oneday battle...

... H. FRANKEL. East Asia Studies, Institute of International Studies, University of California. Chinese Dynastic Histories Translations, Supplement No. 1. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1957. 295. $4-5 ing to the armistice negotiations. The six chap- No sensible scholar today...

... over the issue of repatriation became the main stumbling block delaying the signing of an armistice. In the midst of this mayhem, Matsushita took the one possible step to try to secure his survival: he attempted to write to his family in Japan, but his letter apparently failed to arrive, and he...

... atomic weapons against the Communists, which "performed a decisive role in leading to signing the armistice" (p. 583). In addition, removing the U.S. Seventh Fleet from the Taiwan Strait allegedly "had a tremendous effect on the strategies of the Communist camp" (p. 523). Rhee's anti-armistice campaign...

... was destined for the front ranks of modern sagas of naval warfare. On April 20, 1949 the small British frigate H. M. S. Amethyst steamed up the Yangtse on a peaceful mission. An armistice between the Chinese Reds, who then held the north bank of the river, and the Nationalists, who still held the south bank...

... the major issues between each of the Axis powers and the United Nations and gives an example of such a treaty for Germany, to be ratified before an armistice is signed. This would facilitate ratification. The treaty does not include a plan for world organization which should be developed separately...

... Korean press officer under the U.N. Command. In an attempt to achieve armistice as soon as possible, the U.N. Command submitted a secret proposal to the Communists that contained further concessions to the Communist demands and the provisions more disadvantageous to anti-Communist POWs than previous...

... standing against great odds was destined for the front ranks of modern sagas of naval warfare. On April 20, 1949 the small British frigate H. M. S. Amethyst steamed up the Yangtse on a peaceful mission. An armistice between the Chinese Reds, who then held the north bank of the river, and the Nationalists...

... months longer than necessary because anti-Communist Chinese POWs and their Nationalist allies were able to “hijack” armistice talks by insisting on a policy of voluntary repatriation. Ill-prepared and uninformed, the Americans were pushed—in part by what Chang calls a “prisoner-interpreter-Taipei nexus...