Korea, a century of change /
This work provides even-handed coverage of Korea's turbulent history during the last 100 years, from seclusion to division. It focuses particularly on the development of the two different and antagonistic states on the peninsula since 1945. The author sees both countries through the windows of...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
River Edge, N.J. :
World Scientific,
©2001.
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Colección: | Economic ideas leading to the 21st century ;
v. 6. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1. Korea and the modern age : The hermit kingdom
- Within reach of the world powers
- The Japanese rule. Part 2. Divided Korea : The origins of the division of Korea
- The Korean War phase one : toward reunification
- The Korean War phase two : the division hardens. Part 3. Politics and economics in the Republic of Korea : Syngman Rhee's Korea
- The rise of Park Chung Hee
- The Yushin system
- Steps to power
- No better country?
- "Down with military dictatorship"
- The beginnings of democratic rule
- Civilian leadership
- The economy. Part 4. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea : The state of Kim Il Sung
- North Korea under the son. Part 5. Foreign relations : South Korea's great partner
- The neighbor in the East
- Northern policy
- North Korea's foreign partners
- Nuclear dangers and beyond. Part 6. South-North relations : Confrontation and dialogue.