The years of division, 1919-1945
Defeat and division: Korea on the brink, 1945-1946
Putting Korea together again: the rise and fall of the US-USSR Joint Commission, 1946-1947
The Moscow agreement is abandoned, 1947
The United Nations enters the struggle, 1947-1948
The Republic of Korea enters the world and almost dies stillborn, 1948-1949
"We are fighting for our lives!" 1949-1950
The once and future invasion, 1949-1950
Epilogue and prologue, June 1950.