Overview
- Features the first scholarly study of American press coverage of South Korea in the 1940s and 1950s
- Examines the political, military, institutional, cultural, ideological, and personal factors that influenced American journalists covering South Korea
- Documents the largely forgotten stories of the foreign correspondents who sought to warn the United States about the rise of authoritarianism in South Korea as well as the efforts of the South Korean government to influence American public opinion
- Appeals to scholars of U.S. foreign relations, Cold War history, Korean history, and history of journalism
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
Keywords
- The Korean War
- Syngman Rhee
- Cold War history
- American Press
- U.S.-ROK relations
- American journalism
- South Korea's independence
- North Korean invasion
- Korean democracy
- American occupation of Korea
- authoritarian regimes
- American foreign policy
- history of American media
- Diplomatic history
- American public opinion
- history of American journalism
- American foreign affairs journalism
- media-government relations
- U.S. attitudes towards Asia
- US foreign interventions
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Book Title: The American Press and the Cold War
Book Subtitle: The Rise of Authoritarianism in South Korea, 1945–1954
Authors: Oliver Elliott
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76023-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76022-3Published: 11 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09382-2Published: 08 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76023-0Published: 20 April 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 254
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: US History, History of Korea, World History, Global and Transnational History, Media and Communication, Political History