THE KOREAN WAR
October 3 - 6, 2010
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. Often referred to as the “Forgotten War,” it was the first major armed conflict of the Cold War and had significant consequences for American politics and international relations in the 1950s and beyond.
This first CCA of the 2010-2011 academic year will consider the history, politics, and consequences of the Korean War.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3
4:00 p.m. “Prelude to War: Korea, 1945-1950”
Allan Millett
Eisenhower Center for American Studies
University of New Orleans
Author, The War for Korea, 1945-1950: A House Burning
8:00 p.m. “Korean War, 1950-1953: An Overview”
Allan Millett
MONDAY, OCTOBER 4
4:00 p.m. “The End of the Korean War and Eisenhower’s New-Look
National Security Policy”
Richard Immerman
Temple University
Author, Waging Peace: How Eisenhower Shaped an
Enduring Cold War Strategy
8:00 p.m. “Truman and MacArthur”
Stanley Weintraub
Pennsylvania State University
Author, MacArthur’s War: Korea and the Undoing of an
American Hero
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5
4:00 p.m. “Mao, Stalin, and the Korean War”
Ross Terrill
Fairbank Centre, Harvard University
Author, Mao: A Biography
8:00 p.m. “Keeping the Peace: America’s Presence in Korea
Since 1953 and Korea Today”
Sung-yoon Lee
Tufts University
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6
4:00 p.m. Faculty Roundtable
Paul Moreno, Chairman
All Speakers Confirmed
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