The U.S.–rok Relationship into Full Bloom
From ‘Little Strategic Interest’ to Alliance Partner, 1947–1966”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12408867 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jun Suk Hyun (Independent Scholar [email protected]), William Stueck (University of Georgia, [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 103-140 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American-East Asian Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-3947 • E-ISSN: 1876-5610 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18765610-02602002 |
| OpenAlex | W3082254754 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
U.S. relations with South Korea had a rocky start during U.S. occupation when American planners rated the peninsula low on the list of U.S. strategic priorities. The psychology of the relationship improved in 1948, when the United States helped create the Republic of Korea ( rok ), and even more after June 1950, when U.S. military intervention prevented North Korea from conquering South Korea. With the July 1953 armistice in the Korean War, the United States reluctantly agreed to a bilateral alliance that eventually became the centerpiece of American defense strategy there. With concerns ongoing about Chinese expansion and Japanese reliability, staunchly anti-Communist South Korea became the most reliable U.S. strategic partner in East Asia. When Pak Chŏnghŭi emerged as a strong leader in the mid-1960s, the United States came to see the rok as a valuable strategic asset in countering Asian communism. With South Korea’s settlement with Japan and commitment of combat forces to Vietnam in 1965 and U.S. acceptance of a Status-of-Forces Agreement with the rok a year later, the bilateral alliance relationship reached a peak after two decades of challenges
Alliance · Business · China · Communism · Development economics · East Asia · Economics · Geography · Intervention (counseling · Peninsula · Political science · Politics · Settlement (finance · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law · Psychology
Two Koreas
The Evolution of Foreign Policy
A Substitute for Victory
The Reluctant Crusade
Where they were
The American Occupation of Japan
China and the Escalation of the Vietnam War
Security Trumps Ideology
An Alliance Forged in Blood’
The Politics of Development
In the Service of Pharaoh? The United States and the Deployment of Korean Troops in Vietnam, 1965-1968
The Troubled Peace
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |