South Korea's missile dilemmas
In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 39, Heft 3, S. 486-503
ISSN: 0004-4687
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In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 39, Heft 3, S. 486-503
ISSN: 0004-4687
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In: Korea and world affairs: a quarterly review, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 250-293
ISSN: 0259-9686
World Affairs Online
In: East Asian science, technology and society: an international journal, Band 17, Heft 2, S. 273-276
ISSN: 1875-2152
In: International journal of Asian studies, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 261-263
ISSN: 1479-5922
In: Modern Asian studies, Band 51, Heft 3, S. 543-576
ISSN: 1469-8099
AbstractDuring the Open Port period and Japanese colonial period (1876–1945), Koreans generally had a positive image of the United States. This positive view of the United States held by Koreans persisted until after liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. The United States was a 'liberator' that saved the Koreans, and was viewed as 'a cooperator' with whom Korea was to solve its national task of establishing a new country. However, the concept of 'American imperialist warmonger' had begun to be promoted in North Korea from 1948–49. It was a concept advanced by the Soviet Union and the North Korean leadership. The negative image of the United States, which spread throughout North Korea from the early years of the Cold War, was merely a perplexing stigma lacking substantiated grounds. However, the experiences of the Korean War actualized the image of the United States as a 'warmonger' in the hearts of the North Korean people. Alleged indiscriminate aerial bombings, mass slaughters, sexual assaults, and arson attacks against Korean civilians became the most important reason for the expansion of intense sentiment. Anti-Americanism began to be systemized and routinized in every aspect of North Korean life after the Korean War.
In: Global Asia: a journal of the East Asia Foundation, Band 12, Heft 3, S. 50-54
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In: Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 241-262
ISSN: 2288-2707
In: Critical Asian studies, Band 44, Heft 2, S. 205-226
ISSN: 1472-6033
In: Critical Asian studies, Band 44, Heft 3, S. 467-492
ISSN: 1472-6033
In: Critical Asian studies, Band 44, Heft 3, S. 467-492
ISSN: 1467-2715
In the early days of the Korean War, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) had a policy of precision bombing military targets only. Policy-makers in Washington, D.C., formulated this policy to ensure the protection of Korean civilians and to increase the effectiveness of their air operations. Senior USAF officers in Korea, however, were unhappy about the limitations placed on them by Washington. In their strategic air operations against targets in North Korea USAF officers followed Washington's precision bombing policy, but they insisted that USAF bombers be permitted to use incendiary bombs against population centers in North Korea. China's entry into the war in November 1950 led to a drastic change in the precision bombing policy. On 5 November 1950, when the UN forces began suffering defeat after defeat in battles with the new enemy, General Douglas MacArthur designated cities and villages in North Korea as "main bombing targets" and permitted the use of incendiary bombs, which had been used in attacks against Japanese cities during World War II. From that point until the end of the war, the USAF regarded North Korean cities and villages as their crucial targets as political and military occasion demanded. (Crit Asian Stud/GIGA)
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In: The Korean journal of defense analysis, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 27-47
ISSN: 1941-4641
In: The Korean journal of defense analysis, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 97-117
ISSN: 1941-4641
In: The Korean journal of defense analysis, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 147-168
ISSN: 1941-4641
In: Asian survey, Band 39, Heft 3, S. 486-503
ISSN: 1533-838X
In: Korean Journal of International Relations, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 195-213
ISSN: 2713-6868