Drawing on multi-archival research in Korean, Russian and English, this book looks at the complexity and changes in Stalin's policy toward Korea for answers about the division of Korea in 1945 and the failure of reunification between 1945 and 1948. Lee argues that the trusteeship decision is key to the division's origins and permanency.
PART 1: US AND SOVIET POLICIES TOWARDS KOREA, 1945-1948 US and Soviet Policies towards Korea until August 1945 US and Soviet Policies in August - December 1945 US and Soviet Policies, December 1945 - August 1948 PART 2: US AND SOVIET OCCUPATION POLICIES IN KOREA AND THE KOREAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, 1945-1948 US and Soviet Occupation Policies and the Korean Responses The Korean Actors and Their Policies on Korean Reunification
