Crisis in Korea : America, China and the Risk of War, Paperback by Beal, Tim, ISBN 0745331629, ISBN-13 9780745331621, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

Beal, retired from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, analyzes the international repercussions of the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan in March 2010, with special attention to their impact on relationships between North and South Korea, and the US concerns the sinking raised about China's power. Th begins with in-depth background on the political history of Korea from the post-WWII era to the present. The author then examines official and unofficial accounts from both Koreas and Russia and sets the incident within its wider historical and geopolitical context. A companion website offers a timeline, statistical appendix, and reports on the incident. Th is distributed in the US by Palgrave Macmillan. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()