The American Press and the Cold War The Rise of Authoritarianism in South Korea, 1945-1954 /

• Main Author: Elliott, Oliver (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: United States-History.; Korea-History.; World history.; Communication.; World politics.; US History.; History of Korea.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Media and Communication.; Political History.

During the Cold War, the United States enabled the rise of President Syngman Rhee's repressive government in South Korea, and yet neither the American occupation nor Rhee's growing authoritarianism ever became particularly controversial news stories in the United States. Could the press ha...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Occupation 1945-46: Hope and failure
• 3. Occupation 1947-48: Division and independence
• 4. The ROK Problem 1948-1950
• 5. War 1950-1951
• 6. The 1952 Crisis: Rhee's Takeover
• 7. The Rise of the ROKA
• 8. Legacies of War
• 9. Conclusions.