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The Metamorphosis of U.S.-Korea Relations

The Korean Question Revisited

Jongwoo Han

This book contends that the long history of America’s interaction with Korea started with the signing of the Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce, and Navigation in 1882, and with the establishment of the Seward-Shufeldt Line. William Seward and Robert Shufeldt shared the same vision of achieving their American goal by opening Korea and extending the Seward-Shufeldt Line from Alaska to link it with the Philippines and the Samoan Islands, thus completing a perfect perimeter for the American era of the Pacific and for its dominance in the Asian market. Initiating diplomatic and trading relations with Korea was Commodore Shufeldt’s finishing touch on the plan for achieving American hegemony in the coming 20th century. In turn, the decline of Chinese sphere of influence over the Korean Peninsula and the fall of Russian power in the region, with the consequential rise of Japanese power there, which led to a change from the SS Line to the Roosevelts’ Theodore-Franklin Line, the colonization of Korea, the division of Korea, the Korean War, and has brought America back nearly full circle to that first encounter in Pyeongyang; the regrettable General Sherman Incident in 1866. This book argues that the United States must uphold its early commitment to peace and amity by now normalizing relations with North Korea in order to bring closure to the “Korean Question.”

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Lexington Books
Pages: 320 • Trim: 6½ x 9
978-1-4985-8281-0 • Hardback • April 2022 • $137.00 • (£105.00)
978-1-4985-8283-4 • Paperback • February 2024 • $42.99 • (£35.00)
Series: Lexington Studies on Korea's Place in International Relations
Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General, History / Asia / General, History / Asia / Korea

Jongwoo Han is president of The Korean War Legacy Foundation & The World History Digital Education Foundation and non-resident fellow at the Sejong Institute, R.O.K.

Introduction

Chapter One: Origins of the Korean Question and the Consequences of the Korean War

Chapter Two:Encounter of Isolationist Joseon and Expansionist America

Chapter Three: The Two Korean Wars

Chapter Four: North Korean Quagmire: The Last Phase of U.S. Encounter?

Chapter Five: Upshots of Encounters

Chapter Six: The Corean Question Revisited

The book is a fascinating account of over one hundred years of ROK-US relations. Imaginative in its conceptual thinking, rigorous in historical analysis, and rich in policy implications, The Metamorphosis of U.S.-Korea Relations is a must-read for students of Korean and Asian studies as well as American foreign policy.


— Chung-in Moon, Chairman of the Sejong Institute


The Metamorphosis of U.S.-Korea Relations

The Korean Question Revisited

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Hardback
Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • This book contends that the long history of America’s interaction with Korea started with the signing of the Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce, and Navigation in 1882, and with the establishment of the Seward-Shufeldt Line. William Seward and Robert Shufeldt shared the same vision of achieving their American goal by opening Korea and extending the Seward-Shufeldt Line from Alaska to link it with the Philippines and the Samoan Islands, thus completing a perfect perimeter for the American era of the Pacific and for its dominance in the Asian market. Initiating diplomatic and trading relations with Korea was Commodore Shufeldt’s finishing touch on the plan for achieving American hegemony in the coming 20th century. In turn, the decline of Chinese sphere of influence over the Korean Peninsula and the fall of Russian power in the region, with the consequential rise of Japanese power there, which led to a change from the SS Line to the Roosevelts’ Theodore-Franklin Line, the colonization of Korea, the division of Korea, the Korean War, and has brought America back nearly full circle to that first encounter in Pyeongyang; the regrettable General Sherman Incident in 1866. This book argues that the United States must uphold its early commitment to peace and amity by now normalizing relations with North Korea in order to bring closure to the “Korean Question.”

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 320 • Trim: 6½ x 9
    978-1-4985-8281-0 • Hardback • April 2022 • $137.00 • (£105.00)
    978-1-4985-8283-4 • Paperback • February 2024 • $42.99 • (£35.00)
    Series: Lexington Studies on Korea's Place in International Relations
    Subjects: Political Science / International Relations / General, History / Asia / General, History / Asia / Korea
Author
Author
  • Jongwoo Han is president of The Korean War Legacy Foundation & The World History Digital Education Foundation and non-resident fellow at the Sejong Institute, R.O.K.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Introduction

    Chapter One: Origins of the Korean Question and the Consequences of the Korean War

    Chapter Two:Encounter of Isolationist Joseon and Expansionist America

    Chapter Three: The Two Korean Wars

    Chapter Four: North Korean Quagmire: The Last Phase of U.S. Encounter?

    Chapter Five: Upshots of Encounters

    Chapter Six: The Corean Question Revisited

Reviews
Reviews
  • The book is a fascinating account of over one hundred years of ROK-US relations. Imaginative in its conceptual thinking, rigorous in historical analysis, and rich in policy implications, The Metamorphosis of U.S.-Korea Relations is a must-read for students of Korean and Asian studies as well as American foreign policy.


    — Chung-in Moon, Chairman of the Sejong Institute


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