TY - BOOK ID - 48305771 TI - China’s War in Korea : Strategic Culture and Geopolitics PY - 2019 SN - 9813296755 9813296747 PB - Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Korean War, 1950-1953 KW - Participation, Chinese. KW - Asia—History. KW - Military history. KW - World politics. KW - Asian History. KW - History of Military. KW - Political History. KW - Colonialism KW - Global politics KW - International politics KW - Political history KW - Political science KW - World history KW - Eastern question KW - Geopolitics KW - International organization KW - International relations KW - Military historiography KW - Military history KW - Wars KW - Historiography KW - History KW - Naval history UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:48305771 AB - This book re-visits the history of the Korean War of 1950-1953 from a Chinese perspective, examining Chinese strategy and exploring why China sent three million troops to Korea, in Mao’s words, to “defend the homeland and safeguard the country”—giving rise to what became the war’s common name in China. It also looks into the relatively neglected historical factors which have redefined China’s security concerns and strategic culture. Using newly available sources from China and the former Soviet Union, the book considers how interactive the parameters of defense changes were in a foreign war against Western powers, how flexible Chinese strategy was in the context of its intervention, and how expansive its strategic cultural repertoire was at the crucial moment to “defend the country.” Providing a re-examination of China’s military decisions and strategy evolution, this text narrates the story of successive generations of Chinese leaders and provides a key insight into security issues in China and Northeast Asia today. ER -