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1 The Korean Civil War NATIONAL DIVISION, CIVIL WAR, AND THE COLD WAR IN ASIA

2 The Korean War ( ) or (???-???)

3 Korean proverb 고래싸움에새우등터진다 When whales fight, the shrimp s back is broken

4 North Korea at Night

5 North South Division Do not conflate the ending with the origins!

6 Why Did Korea Separate?

7 East Asia 1942

8 Japanese Colonial Era ( ) 1. Japanese instituted radically uneven state-led industrialization.

9 Japanese Colonial Era ( ) 1. Japanese instituted radically uneven state-led industrialization. 2. Practice a divide and rule strategy. The majority of economic elites cooperated or collaborated with Japanese state.

10 Japanese Colonial Era ( ) 1. Japanese instituted radically uneven state-led industrialization. 2. Practice a divide and rule strategy. The majority of economic elites cooperated or collaborated with Japanese state. 3. Korean nationalist resistance developed under Japanese rule. Internal and external divisions. Left/right divide.

11 Syngman Rhee

12 Kim Ku

13 Pak Hon Yong

14 Manchurian guerrilla struggle

15 Kim Il Sung

16 Kim Sok Won

17 Park Chung Hee ( )

18 Japanese Colonial Era ( ) 1. Japanese instituted radically uneven state-led industrialization. 2. Practice a divide and rule strategy. The majority of economic elites cooperated or collaborated with Japanese state. 3. Korean nationalist resistance developed under Japanese rule. 4. Main instrument of repression was the police force, 50% are Koreans by the end.

19 Japanese Colonial Era ( ) 1. Japanese instituted radically uneven state-led industrialization. 2. Practice a divide and rule strategy. The majority of economic elites cooperated or collaborated with Japanese state. 3. Korean nationalist resistance developed under Japanese rule. 4. Main instrument of repression was the police force, which consisted mostly of Koreans. 5. Massive transfer of populations back to homeland. 6. With defeat of Japanese, Korea was a ripe for revolution.

20 Liberation of Korea, 1945

21 Politics of Separation ( ) 1. Korea divided on 38 th parallel by two powers.

22 38 th Parallel

23 Politics of Separation ( ) 1. Korea divided on 38 th parallel by two powers 2. People s Committees already formed Korean People s Republic declared. Land Reform, not communism, is main issue

24 People s Committees

25 Yuh Woon hyong ( )

26 Cho Man Sik ( )

27 People s Committees

28 Politics of Separation ( ) 1. Korea divided on 38 th parallel by two powers 2. People s Committees already formed and Korean People s Republic established. Land Reform, not communism main issue. 3. Trusteeship official policy of occupation, containment practical policy.

29 General John Hodge

30 Syngman Rhee

31 Kim Sung Su

32 Kim Il Sung

33 Politics of Separation ( ) 1. Korea divided on 38 th parallel by two powers. 2. People s Committees already formed and Korean People s Republic established. Land Reform, not communism main issue. 3. Trusteeship official policy of occupation, containment practical policy. 4. Right leads anti-trusteeship movement in early People s Committees dissolved in South, moderates purged in North. US/USSR work through clients (Syngman Rhee and Kim Il- Sung). National cohesion broken.

34 Kim Ku

35 Politics of Separation ( ) 1. Korea divided on 38 th parallel by two powers. 2. People s Committees already formed and Korean People s Republic established. Land Reform, not communism main issue. 3. Trusteeship official policy of occupation, containment practical policy. 4. Right leads anti-trusteeship movement in early People s Committees dissolved in South, moderates purged in North. US/USSR work through clients (Syngman Rhee and Kim Il- Sung). National cohesion broken.

36 August Peasant Harvest Uprisings Function of Removal of PCs and leftist agitation.

37 People s Committees

38 Autumn Harvest Peasant Uprisings (1946) Massive unrest and violence in the Chŏlla and Kyŏngsang provinces. Initial victories for left, but mass repression. Communist parties banned, US begins to favour extreme right.

39 The Southern System ( ) Political Alliance between Syngman Rhee and Korean Democratic Party. Ideologically unified by anticommunism and opposition to Trusteeship. Racial nationalism. Economic dominance of landlord class. Security Structure: American military forces and advisors, national police, paramilitary right-wing youth groups. Large, but marginalized left-wing opposition. Small opposition from right-wing nationalists. Unification primary goal, but willing to establish separate state.

40 Dynamics of Revolution and Counter-revolution Left Organizational strength in People s Committees, labour, peasant unions, students. Soviet patronage in the North, North guidance in the South, locally organized. Sources of legitimacy: Land reform, historic opposition to colonialism, advocate punishment for collaborators. Right Land owners, ex-collaborators, anticommunist nationalists. US patronage, progressive control of the state, mass mobilization through youth groups. Sources of legitimacy: Power over state, opposition to national division, ethnic nationalism.

41 The Northern System Soviets utilize People s Committees, but dominated by communists. Revolutionary policies, particularly 1946 land reform. Majority of party members peasants. Personality cult around Kim Il Sung begins. Racial nationalism. Surveillance regime: Ideological indoctrination primary, mass exodus of political rivals. Unification under communist/nationalist rule critical.

42 Politics of Separation ( ) 5. Hardening of cold war through (X Article, Greece, Marshall Plan, Chinese Civil War, Reverse Course in Japan). 6. Dean Acheson call for separate Korean government in March 1947.

43 Dean Acheson

44 Great Crescent

45 Politics of Separation ( ) 5. Hardening of cold war through (X Article, Greece, Marshall Plan, Chinese Civil War, Reverse Course in Japan). 6. Dean Acheson call for separate Korean government in March US refers Korean issue to UN in 1947 and calls for general unification election in Soviets object. 8. Republic of Korean declared on August 15, Democratic People s Republic of Korea created one month later. 9. Main Point: Cold War is being waged on Korea!

46 Why Did War Break Out?

47 Civil War and the Politicide of the South Korean left ( )

48 Jeju Island

49

50 Jeju from Above

51 Jeju Incident 1947 March 1 demonstrations lead to rightist repression. Cho Byeong Ok sent to island. Mainland rightists replace local government Upcoming elections lead to guerrilla attacks on April Guerrillas enjoy popular support and string of victories.

52 The Winter Suppression Campaign November 1948-April Extreme rightists integrated into constabulary. Quarantined, massive free-fire zone, powers of summary execution given to soldiers and police guerrillas. Typically armed with bamboo spears. 30,000-60,000 killed (10%-20% of population).

53

54 Insurgency and the making of the National Security State Yeosu Incident leads to state of emergency. National security law. Jeju prototype exported to mainland. War and ideology saturate Korean society at the village level. Counter-revolution as form of state organization. Anti-communist state ideology forged in violence.

55 Jeju and Yeosu Rebellions

56 Insurgency and the making of the National Security State Yeosu Incident leads to state of emergency. National security law. Jeju prototype exported to mainland. War and ideology saturate Korean society at the village level. Counter-revolution as form of state organization. Anti-communist state ideology forged in violence.

57 Civil War and Invasion ( ) 1. Spring 1948, Cheju Uprising breaks out. Yeosu Rebellion follows. Guerrilla warfare in Jiri Mountains. 2. Features: Indigenous with minor DPRK involvement, Massive civilian repression, US advisers, left-wing virtually crushed.

58 Jeju and Yeosu Rebellions

59 Civil War and Invasion ( ) 1. Spring 1948, Cheju Uprising breaks out. Yeosu Rebellion follows. 2. Features: Indigenous with minor DPRK involvement, Massive civilian repression, US advisers, left-wing virtually crushed : US and USSR withdraw troops, Rhee and Kim both solicit support for invasion. Repeated border clashes.

60 Border Skirmishes

61 Ongjin Peninsula

62 The Korean War

63 1. Role of Kim Il Sung critical. Explaining June 25th

64 1. Role of Kim Il Sung critical. Explaining June 25th 2. The China factor: Communist victory in Civil War, solidarity between Chinese Communists and Korean Communists, Mao s revolutionary nationalism.

65 Chinese Civil War

66 1. Role of Kim Il Sung critical. Explaining June 25th 2. The China factor: Communist victory in Civil War, solidarity between Chinese Communists and Korean Communists, Mao s revolutionary nationalism. 3. Stalin s role crucial but motives unclear: Acheson s January speech, fear of rearmed Japan, relative weakness of American position in Asia, belief war would be quick and US commitment limited.

67 The Korean War

68 US Motives Clear view of communists as Stalin-led monolith. Korean policy tied to credibility and Europe. Domino theory? Soviet boycott of UN.

69 Harry Truman

70 Korean War ( ) 1. Three phases: June 25 through Sept 15, rapid KPA advance and US Pusan Perimeter

71 KPA invasion

72 Civil War, Revolution, and Extermination North Koreans immediately begin to install revolutionary regime in occupied areas.

73

74 The National Guidance League June 1949, conversion league is set up. Integrated into national security apparatus, citizen/non-citizen binary, explicitly designed to destroy political left. Coercion as recruitment and right-wing consolidation. 300,000 by June 1950 Recruits: Communists? Apolitical peasants? Patriots?

75 Anatomy of a Politicide June 25 invasion. June 27 mass execution order. July-September 100,000 executed.

76 Geography of Mass Killings

77 Anatomy of a Politicide June 25 invasion. June 27 mass execution order. July-September 100,000 executed. Tacit US support. Opportunism/revenge.

78 Taejŏn Prison Killings

79 Douglas MacArthur

80 The Korean War ( ) 1. Three phases: June 25 through Sept 15, rapid KPA advance and US Pusan Perimeter 2. UN offensive and Rollback. September through to late October. Communists go on mass killing spree. 3. Chinese intervention and counter attack. US crossing of 38 th parallel critical. 4. Stalled peace negotiations drag war for year and a half. POW issue main controversy.

81 UN Bombing of North Korea

82 UN Bombing of North Korea 1. Prior to Chinese intervention, precision bombing practiced.

83 George Stratemeyer

84 Curtis Lemay

85 UN Bombing of North Korea 1. Prior to Chinese intervention, precision bombing practiced. 2. Post Chinese intervention, cities and villages made targets. Limited War?

86 Enemy Hideout

87 North Korean Village

88 UN Bombing of North Korea 1. Prior to Chinese intervention, precision bombing practiced. 2. Post Chinese intervention, cities and villages made targets. Limited War? 3. Reservoirs become targets during armistice negotiations.

89 UN Bombing of North Korea 1. Prior to Chinese intervention, precision bombing practiced. 2. Post Chinese intervention, cities and villages made targets. 3. Reservoirs become targets during armistice negotiations. 4. As many as 1,000,000 killed.

90 Why? Strategy to break will of North Koreans, fracture alliance. Existing staff, technology, and strategies from Pacific War. People s war justifies collapse of citizen/soldier distinction. The Race Question

91 What Ifs? Nuclear weapons? US/China US/Russia

92 Legacies

93 Legacies 1. US: Consolidation of National Security State, rearming of Europe, Limited War doctrine, anticommunism hegemonic, power of Executive branch increased. 30,000-40,000 troops stationed in Korea.

94 Legacies 1. US: Consolidation of National Security State, rearming of Europe, Limited War doctrine, anticommunism hegemonic, power of Executive branch increased. 30,000-40,000 troops. 2. USSR: Establish limits on expansion of American power East Asia, consolidate Chinese/Soviet partnership. Militarization of Europe.

95 Legacies 1. US: Consolidation of National Security State, rearming of Europe, Limited War doctrine, anticommunism hegemonic, power of Executive branch increased. 2. USSR: Establish limits on expansion of American power East Asia, consolidate Chinese/Soviet partnership. 3. China: Massive material and human losses, consolidation of revolution, elevated stature in communist world, limit expansion of American power.

96 Legacies 4. Korea: 3 to 4 million killed, DPRK materially destroyed, 10 million families divided, 5 million refugees, divided for 6 decades. Armistice agreement, no peace treaty.

97 Legacies 4. Korea: 3 to 4 million killed, DPRK materially destroyed, 10 million families divided, 5 million refugees, divided for 6 decades, no peace treaty. 5. South Korea: Rhee s power consolidated, mutual defence treaty with US, military powerful political institution, hegemony of political right, entrance into global capitalist system.

98 Legacies 4. Korea: 3 to 4 million killed, DPRK materially destroyed, 10 million families divided, 5 million refugees, divided for 6 decades, no peace treaty. 5. South Korea: Rhee s power consolidated, mutual defence treaty with US, military powerful political institution, hegemony of political right, entrance into global capitalist system. 6. North Korea: Kim s power unrivalled, play China and Soviet power against each other, rapid economic growth until 1970s.

99 Conclusions Japan revived as second-tier power in US orbit. Communism major force in East Asia. Not monolithic. China divided, Korea is divided ( division system ). US major power, limited conception of containment. Cold War as long peace?

100 The Forgotten War? When we call the Korean War the forgotten war, what are we remembering to forget?

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