THE FORGOTTEN ALLY: U.S./SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR

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dc.contributor.advisorChung, Patricken_US
dc.contributor.authorMatheny, Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-07T05:43:59Z
dc.date.available2021-07-07T05:43:59Z
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.description.abstractSouth Korea participated in the Vietnam War as America’s ally on a tremendous scale involving over 300,000 soldiers from 1964-1973. Despite this massive commitment, South Korea’s involvement has attracted little scholarly interest or public attention. The prevailing explanation in relevant historiography often dismisses South Korea’s role as a mercenary exchange taken under U.S. pressure or in pursuit of economic incentives. Alternatively, I argue that the South Korean government had a legitimate national interest in participating in the Vietnam War in pursuit of political, national defense, and economic advancements that were uniquely motivated by concurrent hostilities with North Korea. South Korea’s national interests aligned with the U.S. such that they willingly and effectively contributed to the Vietnam War. By the war’s end, U.S. and South Korean national interests diverged sharply as relations declined, which left South Korea’s wartime role as an embattled and largely forgotten memory in the U.S.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/6eql-tlpz
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/27287
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAmerican historyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledInternational relationsen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMilitary historyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAllyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMercenaryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMore Flagsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledROKAen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSouth Koreaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledVietnam Waren_US
dc.titleTHE FORGOTTEN ALLY: U.S./SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS DURING THE VIETNAM WARen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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