In 236 pages of detailed analysis, Korea - The 38th Parallel North presents fascinating insight from a North Korean perspective of the geopolitical events and U.S./U.S.S.R. domestic considerations following World War II that led to the division of Korea, thus setting the stage for the Korean War.
Contents (with a partial listing of chapter subsections):
Chapter 1 - "In Due Course"
Political Strategies of Belligerent Parties, The Cairo Declaration and its Shadow.
Chapter 2 - The Scramble of the Big Powers for Korea
Roosevelt - Proposer of Trusteeship, Talks between Hopkins and Stalin, Avarice of Chiang Kai-shek, Secret Bargain Between the U.S. and Japan, The Proposal for Joint Occupation by the Four Big Powers.
Chapter 3 - Child of the US-Soviet Conflict and Compromise
U.S.-Soviet Diplomatic Campaign, First Official Record of 38th Parallel, US-Soviet Compromise.
Chapter 4 - The "Cold War" Freezes the 38th Parallel as a Line of Political Division
Disruption of the USSR-U.S. Joint Commission, Korean Question and the United Nations, Tragic Demarcation Along 38th Parallel.
The book provides a very interesting perspective of how "the other side" thought during that tumultuous time between WWII and the Korean War
