본문 바로가기
  • Home
Basic Search

An Re-examination of Syngman Rhee, the First President of ROK, and his the action of Release of War Prisoners during the Korean War based on the Logic of Putnam's Two-Level Game Theory - Focusing on Negotiation Theory and Winset -

PARK JAE HONG 1

1육군대학

Accredited

ABSTRACT

Prior to release of anti-communism prisoners of Korean war, In order to direct the negotiations towards his advantage, ROK president Syngman Rhee attempted to expand the win-set of the United States by reducing its win-set of ROK through a "strategy of being caught up", including independent military action aimed at the unification of the Korean Peninsula, anti-war movements, and anti-U.S. public opinion. While the United States gradually felt more and more threatened by Syngman Rhee's position, it did not act as a threat to the stage where it felt the need to conclude negotiations. As a result, the win-set of the United States did not expand. Thus, the reason why Rhee Syngman's negotiation strategy failed was that he has failed to expand the win-set of the United States. The United States had the need to provide security to South Korea to prevent the expansion of communist forces, but there was not enough motivation until the signing of a mutual defense treaty. In the end, Rhee Syngman's strategy posed a certain level of threat to the United States, but it did not act as a sufficient and feasible threat for the United States to expand the win-set. Since the release of the war prisoners, the U.S. actively mentioned the situation of ratification in the U.S. and responded positively to the signing of a mutual defense treaty with South Korea, which then led to Rhee's release of the prisoners and acted as a basis for expanding the U.S. win-set. From this point of view, it proves that Rhee Syngman's release of prisoners served as an opportunity for the Korea-U.S. mutual defense treaty to be signed. Something that Rhee was aiming for. Assuming that the release of prisoners would lead to a state of disputes and conflicts, negotiations would have finally failed. In such a scenario, South Korea would not have been able to sign a mutual defense treaty with the United States, and the United States would not have been able to win an honorable and safe political victory on the Korean Peninsula without cooperation from South Korea. Although there are criticisms that there was a phase in which the mutual conflict between Korea and the United States continued during the negotiation process, eventually it was demonstrated that the release of prisoners has expanded the win-set of the United States.

Statistics

  • 579 Viewed
  • 321 Downloaded

Tools

Issue List

Citation status

* References for papers published after 2023 are currently being built.

Basic Search Advanced Search