20631

WHAT MILITARY LESSONS CAN WE LEARN FROM THE KOREAN WAR, 1950-53?

The war of 1950-1953 in Korea was the first war by the United Nations against an aggressive state in the twentieth century. The war was also the most significant conflict to emerge at the beginning of the Cold War and it leaded to be decisive the route of the Cold War. The Korean War was not only considerable reflection of the United States and the Soviet Union confrontation, but also they avoided direct combat each other in this conflict. This war shaped again how the West and the East dealt with each other and also caused part of a revolution in war in history. Indeed, without the Korean war, no other possible event could have created the impact of Korea on diplomatic and military options in world politics. The Korean war has created a situation where it avoided an important perceived war threat that reveals high-level conflicts and policies that it was associated with the cold war. In this context, this paper will examine the main military, diplomatic and political issues of the Korean War. The aim of this paper is to explore the characteristics and nature of Korean War, and also to examine why the Korean War was the birthplace of doctrine of limited war at beginning of the Cold War. In this way, it can be understood why the Korean war strongly influenced world politics, and how it created most of the features of the cold war.

PDF

___

Blanchfield, R. J. (2002). “Weapons, Tactics, and Training.” Jacob Neufeld and George M. Watson, Jr (Ed.). Coalition Air Warfare in the Korean War 1950–1953. Proceedings Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium Andrews AFB, Maryland May 7–8, 2002.

Buckley, J. (1999). Air Power in the Age of Total War. London: UCL Press.

Clare, J. D. (2005). Cold War 1945-1963, [Online] Available at: http://www.johndclare.net/Basics_ColdWar.htm [Accessed 25 August 2018].

Dorr, R. F. (2014). Air Power Lessons from the Korean War. [Online] Available at :< https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/air-power-lessons-from-the-korean-war/> [Accessed 24 September 2018].

Feltus, P. (2001). The Korean War. US Centennial of Flight Commission, [Online] Available at :< https://www.centennialofflight.net/essay/Air_Power/korea/AP38.htm> [Accessed 25 August 2018].

Freedman L. (1994). The Theory of Limited War. Danchev A. and Keohane D. (eds). International Perspectives on the Gulf Conflict, 1990–91. Palgrave Macmillan, London.

Gaddis, J. L. (1997). We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Halperin, M. H. (1963). The Limiting Process in the Korean War. Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 78, No. 1 (Mar., 1963), pp. 13-39.

Jervis, R. (1980). The Impact of the Korean War on the Cold War. The Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Dec., 1980), pp. 563-592.

Kissinger, H. (1984). Nuclear weapons and foreign policy. New York: Westview Press.

Latif, D. (2000). United Nations’ Chancing Role in the Post-Cold War Era. Ankara Universitesi Dergiler, Sayı: 0 Cilt: 30.

Lee, H. S. (2001). The Korean War. Essex: Pearson Education Limited.

Lowe, P. (1997). The Origins of The Korean War. London: Longman Limited.

Lowe, P. (2000). The Korean War. London: Palgrave Publishing.

Malkasian, C. (2001). The Korean War: 1950-1953, Oxford: Osprey Publishing.

O’Neill, M. (2000). Soviet Involvement in the Korean War: A New View from the Soviet-Era Achieves. OAH Magazine of History, [Online] Available at :< http:// www.oah.org/pubs/ magazine/korea/oneill.html> [Accessed 27 August 2018].

Pak, C. (2000). Korea and the United Nation. Cambridge: Kluwer Law International.

Rapport, A. (2015). Waging War, Planning Peace: U.S. Noncombat Operations and Major Wars. New York: Cornell University Press.

Rees, D. (1964). Korea: The Limited War. London: Northumberland Press Limited Relations book. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Roland, A. (2009). War and Technology. Foreign Policy Research Institutes, [Online] Available at :< http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1402.200902.roland.wartechnology. html > [Accessed 24 August 2018].

Sandler, S. (1999). The Korean War: No Victors, No Vanquished. Kentucky: The University of Kentucky Press.

Stokesbury, J. L. (1990). A short history of the Korean War. New York: Quill Publishing.

Stueck, W. (2002). Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Sweeney, A. (2007). Here There Be Dragons: The Korean War and American Military Response in the Cold War. Unpublished Master Thesis, The Graduate School of Clemson University, South Carolina.

Warden, J.K. (2018). Limited Nuclear War: The 21st Century Challenge for the United States. Livermore Papers on Global Security No. 4 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Center for Global Security Research July 2018.

Xiaoming, Z. (2003). Red Wings Over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea. Texas: Texas A&M University Press.