"Korea: Echoes of a War" by Steven Butler

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This paper reviews Steven Butler's article "Korea: Echoes of a War". The author recounts Butler's brief account on the events leading up to America's involvement in Korea and his feelings of hopelessness in restoring unity in Korea. The paper relates Butler's claims that the process of restoring unity was more difficult than anyone could have imagined and also explains his seeming bias towards the American government for getting involved in the war. The paper also critiques Butler's article as being vague and that his hope for resolution which should have been apparent in the article becomes lost in details that are interesting but not necessary.

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"Steven Butler's main idea in the article "Korea: Echoes of a War" is that hope, even 50 years after the fact, seems too much to ask for when it comes to Korea and its government. Butler provides a brief account of what lead up to America's involvement with Korea and how, at the end of the day, everyone involved suffered from the Korean War save North Korea, a country that lives in division today. Butler hopes for hope but it is diminished by the events of the past and present circumstances."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Butler, Steven. "Korea; Echoes of a War." US News and World Report Online. Site Accessed May 22, 2008. < http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/000619/archive_015956.htm>
• Cumings, Bruce. Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History. New York: W. W. Norton and Company. 1997.

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