Korean War Part 11: The Path to Peace

The war in Korea enters its third year, and the prospect of either side achieving a total victory has long since been deemed unrealistic. New leadership rises to power in both the US and USSR intent on brokering a ceasefire, but the situation in Korea remains shrouded in uncertainty.

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Halliday, John and Cumings, Bruce. Korea: The Unknown War. Pantheon Books, 1988. 

Haruki, Wada. The Korean War: An International History. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 

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Cover Image: As U.S. infantrymen march into the Naktong River region, they pass a line of fleeing refugees. August 11th, 1950. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Opening Theme: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 by Antonín Dvořák

Closing Theme: Arirang, traditional Korean song, performed by the New York Philharmonic in Pyongyang, 2008.