Selling the Korean War : propaganda, politics, and public opinion in the United States, 1950-1953
How presidents spark and sustain support for wars remains an enduring and significant problem. Korea was the first limited war the U.S. experienced in the contemporary period, and in 'Selling the Korean War', Steven Casey explores how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower tried to sell it to the American public
1 online resource (xi, 476 pages) : illustrations, map
9780199719174, 9781435642270, 9780199867936, 0199719179, 1435642279, 0199867933
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Part one: The war against North Korea, June-November 1950
Keeping the home front cool
"Censorship is abhorrent to General MacArthur"
Mobilizing for a police action
On the offensive
Part two: The war against China, November 1950-July 1951
An entirely new war
Dealing with the "disaster school of journalism"
Mobilizing with the utmost speed
Why Korea?
The MacArthur controversy
Part three: The stalemate war, July 1951-July 1953
Interminable truce talks
Steady improvements
The advent of Eisenhower
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