Insightful, in-depth, and much needed, this book is required reading for anyone who hopes to understand the situation in Korea. JAfter Words Sheila Miyoshi Jager Sheila Miyoshi Jager talked about her book, Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea, in which she provides a complete overview of the. Moral Development and the March First Movement.

Jager carefully examines how the war has evolved over time, and how this struggle for “Korean legitimacy” has influenced the global power order, from the U.S.’s turbulent diplomatic efforts (Bill Clinton once called the DMZ “the scariest place on earth”) to the rise of China. Sheila Miyoshi Jager presents the first comprehensive history of this misunderstood war, one that risks involving the world’s superpowers - again. Sheila Miyoshi Jager, Brothers at War: The Unending Conflict in Korea. Initially dismissed as a mere “police action,” the war has now spanned six decades and is buffered only by a fragile armistice (which North Korea voided in early March 2013). When the North Koreans, under Soviet supervision, crossed the parallel in 1950, war erupted less than six days later, the U.S. Hence, the 38th parallel, whose path was traced late at night on a National Geographic map to divide North and South Korea into separate occupied zones. Her sweeping narrative ranges from the middle of the Second World Warwhen Korean independence was fiercely debated between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchillto the present day, as North Korea. At the time, the United States was scrambling to draft a proposal that would secure itself a share in the beleaguered and communism-susceptible region, rather than allowing Stalin and the Soviets sole occupation. Sheila Miyoshi Jager presents the first comprehensive history of this misunderstood war, one that risks involving the world’s superpowersagain.

This timely primer on the past, present, and possible future of the Korean Peninsula, by Jager, an associate professor of East Asian studies at Oberlin College, opens at the close of World War II.

Brothers at War by Sheila Miyoshi Jager