Korean War - Publications - Faculty & Research

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War & Peace

A second stream of research looks at issues related to conflict resolution in the context of international and ethno-political conflict, and in particular, at the role of negotiation in ending armed conflicts. I launched a new course at HBS entitled "War & Peace:... View Details

21 Dec 2013
News

Kenneth A. Schechter, 83, Dies; With Help, He Flew Blind

Keywords: Korean War; Navy; obituraries; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

2023
Working Paper

Point Four and the Politics of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States during the Early Cold War

By: Melanie Sheehan

This article traces business influence in the formulation of the Point Four technical assistance program, the first US Cold War-era international development program. It focuses specifically on business interest associations’ efforts to secure federal incentives to... View Details

Keywords: Point Four Program; Business Interest Association; International Development; Cold War; Foreign Direct Investment; Business History; Business and Government Relations

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24 Feb 2021
Lessons from the Classroom

What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace

leadership, strategy, and negotiations in several conflicts, ranging from the ancient Peloponnesian Wars between Athens and Sparta, to World War I and World War II, to the... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

2015
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Advanced Leadership Pathways: Paul Lee and Asian Americans Advancing Justice

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Frank Jerome LaNasa and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

Paul Lee and Asian Americans Advancing Justice 2013 AL Fellow, 2014 Senior AL Fellow
Two years after the formation of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ), a national affiliation of four independent Asian American civil rights groups, Paul Lee, who... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Skills; Asian; Asian Americans; Asian Americans Advancing Justice; Civil Rights; Asian Law Caucus; Asian Pacific American Legal Center; Asian American Institute; Asian American Justice Center; Immigration Issues; Immigration Reform; Affirmative Action; Coalition; Asian American Activism; Japanese; Chinese; Korean; Indian; Pakistani; Hmong; Cambodian; Laotians; Filipino; Vietnamese; Pacific Islanders; Ethnic Group; Model Minority; Anti-asian Prejudice; Pan-asian; Discrimination; Immigrants; Immigration Acts; Alien Land Laws; Sei Fujii; Naturalize; Interracial; Immigration And Nationality Act Of 1965; Refugees; War; Warfare; Vincent Chin; Bigotry; Chinatown; Boston; Social Impact; Asian American Lawyers Association; National Asian Pacific Bar Association; Asian Community Development Corporation; Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence; Southeast Asia; Mee Moua; Change Management; Demographics; Prejudice and Bias; Rights; Immigration; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Society; North and Central America

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23 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power

more) of small landlords; and the consequent destruction of entrepreneurial talent as well as opportunity. To this we must add the execution of between three to five million alleged "counter-revolutionaries" in the political-economic terror of the View Details

Keywords: by William C. Kirby

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

through Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act Continued isolationism Influence: High 40 1940 19 War Production Board readies nation for WWII U.S. becomes a global power Creation of IMF and World Bank Marshall Plan Cold View Details

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

private equity in Asia, Kim was born 60 years ago into a very different Korea. In 1970, when Kim was seven years old, Korea’s annual GDP per capita was just under $280. Still recovering from war and finding its financial footing, it’s a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

13 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

civilizations when we visited the 600+ year old Changdeokgung and Gyeongbokgung Palaces nestled in the middle of 20-year-old skyscrapers. South Koreans take tremendous pride in their past and it motivates them to build their country... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

power Creation of IMF and World Bank Marshall Plan Cold war begins Influence: Medium-High 50 1950 s 19 Cold war escalates Korean War forces... View Details

01 May 2013
News

Edward E. Matthews, MBA 1957

By the time Ed Matthews arrived at HBS in 1955, he was a married Korean War veteran eager to advance his real world education. “As an undergraduate, you learn things from a theoretical perspective,” says... View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

isolationism Influence: High 40 1940 s 19 War Production Board readies nation for WWII U.S. becomes a global power Creation of IMF and World Bank Marshall Plan Cold war begins Influence: Medium-High 50 1950... View Details

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

years later with the outbreak of the Korean War. Making the most of an unexpected opportunity to attend Annapolis, he entered the Naval Academy in 1951, graduating four years later with a degree in engineering and a commission as a Marine... View Details

Robert E. Gross

Gross developed the popular World War II military pursuit plane named the Lightning in the U.S. and the Hudson in Britain. Gross’ Lockheed accounted for 6% of U.S. airplane production during World War II... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Portrait Project

Patrick Chun

My grandfather taught me best; a former South Korean general, who even through his eighties, would wake up before sunrise to start his day. A man who would run miles shirtless, exposing scars from deep stab-wounds. Wounds that came from... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Professors Fox, Mace Remembered

Jacob H. Schiff Professorship of Investment Banking. During the Korean War, Fox was an advisor to the Office of Defense Mobilization. Previously, during World War II, he had spent four years in Washington,... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

The Meaning of Ramadi

with that classification since the Korean War. Less than a year later, however, I was in Afghanistan. Deployed once again, I missed most of my daughter’s second year of life and yet another wedding anniversary. But I realize now that... View Details

Keywords: Donovan Campbell; National Security and International Affairs; Government

11 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change

animating insight sprang from his study of Korean War air battles between American F-86s and Soviet Union-made MiG-15s. Although the Soviet plane could accelerate faster, was better armed, and could perform... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler; Sports

03 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising

control," Deighton says. "In the 1950s, Dove's advertising approach was similar to a World War II military campaign with a heavy bombardment of 30- and 60-second messages with very strong, functional content. It was all delivered with... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Publishing; Advertising

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

2015 Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World By: Friedman, Jeremy Abstract—The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has... View Details

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