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ooks or articles published in journals, newspapers and on the Internet.
The author has carried out interviews with a few Swedish officers and
one Swiss officer. The books issued by the South Korean Ministry of
Defence also contain data on the NNSC, but they are more important for
information on the work by the MAC. Other materials normally only
contain assessments of the Commissions’ work, not data on what they
have actually done. With regard to major armistice violations such as the
1968 Pueblo incident and the 1976 axe murder, a few books published
by American scholars and one officer who experienced developments
during the latter incident are important but are supplemented by other
materials in English and Korean that contain the views of both sides.
Data on inter-Korean relations often appear in the works referred
to, but a few studies in English and Korean that deal with political
aspects, including the demilitarized zone and legal dimensions of the
establishment of a peace regime since the 1990s as well as what such
a regime would mean, are also used. Works referred to include the
author’s book from 2006, studies by the South Korean scholar Seong-
Ho Jhe and the former advisor to the United Nations Command/Military
Armistice Commission James Munhang Lee, annual publications by
the Korea Institute for National Unification from 2005-2008, the work
by the American scholar Chuck Downs (1999) and other books and
articles in journals and newspapers.
1.5 Organization and Scope
Chapter 2 presents the foundation and organization of the MAC
and the NNSC and their work during the 1950s. 9 The starting point
9_ An earlier, abridged version of this chapter was published with the same title
10 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula