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Crisis and confrontation on the Korean Peninsula, 1968-1969 : a critical oral history /

Title
Crisis and confrontation on the Korean Peninsula, 1968-1969 : a critical oral history / Christian F. Ostermann, James F. Person, eds.
Publication
Washington, DC : Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • History and Public Policy Program. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011011256
  • North Korea International Documentation Project. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011011255
  • Ostermann, Christian F.
  • Person, James F.
  • University of North Korean Studies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010215105
  • Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78086397
Description
243 p. : ill., ports.; 23 cm.
Summary
The book contains the transcript of a critical oral history conference which explored the origins of North Korea's military adventurism in the late 1960s, and features the testimony of veteran South Korean, U.S., and East German diplomatic and intelligence officials directly involved in Korea policy during the turbulent period. In addition to the conference transcript, the book includes a 100-page appendix of newly obtained and translated East German, Russian, Czech, and U.S. documents on the 1968 Blue House raid, the seizure of the USS Pueblo, and the 1969 shootdown of the unarmed EC 121 spy plane.
Series Statement
Critical oral history conference series / History and Public Policy Program
Uniform Title
Critical oral history conference series.
Subjects
Note
  • "This transcript is the first from a series of critical oral history conferences jointly hosted by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' North Korea International Documentation Project and the University of North Korean Studies. The first conference was held on 8-9 September 2008 in Washington"--Acknowledgements.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
  • 1933549831
  • 9781933549835
LCCN
2011311569
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library