1-1. Introduction

1-2. Policies of the US and the Soviet Union towards East Asia

1-3. Three International Conferences: the Cairo Conference, the Yalta Conference, and the Potsdam Conference

1-4. Policies the US and the Soviet Union Adopted towards Korea on the Issue of Trusteeship

1-5. How the 38th Parallel was drawn / Summary

2-1. Introduction

2-2. The Committee for the Preparation for National Construction and the People’s Republic

2-3. Formation of the Main Political Forces in the South of the 38th Parallel: The Political Right

2-4. Formation of the Main Political Forces in the South of the 38th Parallel: The Political Left

2-5. Formation of the Main Political Forces in the North of the 38th Parallel / Summary

3-1. Introduction

3-2. Occupation Policies of the US Army Military Government

3-3. Occupation Policies of the Soviet Army

3-4. The Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers and the Crisis of Rule by Trusteeship

3-5. Summary

4-1. Introduction

4-2. The First US-Soviet Joint Commission and Its Failure to Reach an Agreement

4-3. US Military Government’s Failed Attempt to Form a Moderate Group

4-4. Debates over Whether to Support or Oppose the Trusteeship System in the North of the 38th Parallel

4-5. The Truman Doctrine and the Beginning of the Cold War

4-6. The Second US-Soviet Joint Commission and Its Failure to Reach an Agreement

5-1. Transfer of the issue of Korea to the UN

5-2. Discussions Proceeded in the UN and Activities Carried out

5-3. Gathering of the Centrists and the North-South Joint Conference

5-4. Protest against a Separate Election and a Separate Government in the South: the Jeju Uprising of April 3 and the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion

5-5. Birth of the Two Koreas

6-1. Socioeconomic Situation under the US Military Government

6-2. Economic Policies of the US Military Government

6-3. The General Strike of September and the People’s Uprising of October

6-4. How the Political Forces Sought to Resolve the Problem of Farming and the Farming Land Reforms

7-1. Political Party and the State: the North Korean Workers’ Party and the People’s Committee

7-2. The Democratic Reforms

7-3. Total Mobilization Movement for the Spirit of National Construction

7-4. How a Planned Economy Takes Place

8-1. Changes in the South Korean Political Landscape between 1948 and 1950 and Rhee Syngman’s Argument for Unification by Advancing North

8-2. Military Conflicts That Occurred around the 38th Parallel and a So-called Small War

8-3. Argument for the Consolidation of National Territory and North Korea’s Preparation for the War

8-4. Changes of the International Political State of Affairs in 1949 and the Approval of the War

8-5. Summary

9-1. How the Korean War Unfolded

9-2. Armistice Talks

9-3. Horrows of War

9-4. Completion of the Cold War System in East Asia