Division of the Korean Peninsula

Division of the Korean Peninsula appears in the book’s index as a subject connected to the 38th parallel and the Korean War. The available passages establish those links, but do not narrate the division’s origins, define the boundary’s status, or describe the lives of people affected by it.

The State as Indexed

The book’s index directs readers to material on the division of Korea, signaling it as a distinct subject within the larger account. A separate entry for the Korean War places that subject in the same broad historical frame, but the indexed references alone do not establish a chronology or explain the relationship between the division and the war.

The 38th Parallel and United Nations Action

The index also points to the 38th parallel and associates it with United Nations action and U.S. responsibility. These cross-references indicate the boundary’s relevance to the book’s discussion of international and American involvement. They do not, in the available evidence, specify decisions, dates, or events through which the division was established or maintained.

Scope of the Account

The evidence for this subject is limited to index references rather than a descriptive account. It therefore supports identifying the division, the 38th parallel, and the Korean War as connected topics in the book, but not a fuller account of the division’s causes, political arrangements, or consequences.