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Author : Roland Bleiker
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452907323
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Divided Korea written by Roland Bleiker and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges the prevailing logic of confrontation and deterrence on the Korean peninsula.
Author : Dong Jin Kim
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000520609
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Reconciling Divided States written by Dong Jin Kim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a distinctive perspective on peace processes by comparatively analysing two cases which have rarely been studied in tandem, Ireland and Korea. The volume examines and compares Ireland and Korea as two peace/conflict areas. Despite their differences, both places are marked by a number of overlaid states of division: a political border in a geographical unit (an island and a peninsula); an antagonistic relationship within the population of those territories; an international relationship recovering from past asymmetry and colonialism; and divisions within the main groupings over how to address these relationships. Written by academics and practitioners from Europe and East Asia, and guided by the concepts of peacebuilding and reconciliation, the chapters assess peace efforts at all levels, from the elite to grassroot organisations. Topics discussed include: historical parallels; modern debates over the legacy of the past; contemporary constitutional and security issues; civil society peacebuilding in relation to faith, sport, and women’s activism; and the role of economic assistance. The book brings Ireland and Korea into a rich dialogue which highlights the successes and shortcomings of both peace processes This book will be of interest to students of Peace and Conflict Studies, Irish Politics, Korean Politics, and International Relations.
Author : Theodore Jun Yoo
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520391683
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The Koreas written by Theodore Jun Yoo and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What history, pop culture, and diaspora can teach us about North and South Korea today. Korea is one of the last divided countries in the world. Twins born of the Cold War, one is vilified as an isolated, impoverished, time-warped state with an abysmal human rights record and a reclusive leader who perennially threatens global security with his clandestine nuclear weapons program. The other is lauded as a thriving democratic and capitalist state with the thirteenth largest economy in the world and a model for developing countries to emulate. In The Koreas, Theodore Jun Yoo provides a compelling gateway to understanding the divergent developments of contemporary North and South Korea. In contrast to standard histories, Yoo examines the unique qualities of the Korean diaspora experience, challenging the master narratives of national culture, homogeneity, belongingness, and identity. This book draws from the latest research to present a decidedly demythologized history, with chapters focusing on feature stories that capture the key issues of the day as they affect popular culture and everyday life. The Koreas will be indispensable to any historian, armchair or otherwise, in need of a discerning and reliable guide to the region.
Author : Chŏng-wŏn Kim
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Divided Korea written by Chŏng-wŏn Kim and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on politics and trends in the development of the political system in Korea R from 1945 to 1972 - covers the consolidation of political power, the role of the armed forces, etc. Bibliography pp. 421 to 445 and references.
Author : Edward Olsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313015171
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Korea, the Divided Nation written by Edward Olsen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-09-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following its liberation from Japanese colonialism, at the end of WWII, Korea was divided into two separate nations. Because the Korean nation enjoyed a long dynastic history, its postwar partition was particularly traumatic. The ensuing Cold War years spawned the Korean War and subsequent decades of strained inter-Korean relations and tensions in the region surrounding the peninsula. This volume provides readers who are unfamiliar with Korea's heritage insight into how Korea became a divided nation engulfed in international geopolitical tensions, providing expert analysis of this rendered nation's background, modern circumstances, and future prospects. The Korean peninsula in Northeast Asia is home to a country that was divided at the end of the Second World War after its liberation from Japanese colonialism. Because the Korean nation enjoyed a long dynastic history, its postwar partition was particularly traumatic. The ensuing Cold War years soon spawned a very hot Korean War and subsequent decades of strained inter-Korean relations and tensions in the region surrounding the peninsula. This volume provides readers who are unfamiliar with Korea's heritage with insight into how Korea became a divided nation engulfed in international geopolitical tensions, providing expert analysis of this rendered nation's background, modern circumstances, and future prospects. After a survey of Korea's geographic setting and historic legacy, Olsen details the circumstances of Korea's liberation and subsequent division. Drawing on that background, he analyzes the evolution of both South Korea and North Korea as separate states, surveying the politics, economics, and foreign policy of each. What are the key issues for each state from an international perspective? What are the prospects for reuniting the two into one nation? What challenges would a united Korea be likely to face? Olsen determines that stability in Korea is essential to future peace in the region. He concludes that a successful move toward unification is the best way to resolve issues connected to North Korea's nuclear agenda.
Author : Don Oberdorfer
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 0465031234
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book The Two Koreas written by Don Oberdorfer and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Korea was first divided at the end of World War II, the tension between its northern and southern halves has riveted—and threatened to embroil—the rest of the world. In this landmark history, now thoroughly revised and updated in conjunction with Korea expert Robert Carlin, veteran journalist Don Oberdorfer grippingly describes how a historically homogenous people became locked in a perpetual struggle for supremacy—and how they might yet be reconciled.
Author : James I. Matray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Crisis in a Divided Korea written by James I. Matray and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides scholars and students examining Korea's place in modern world politics with an invaluable resource for understanding the causes, course, and consequences of the ongoing crisis on the Korean Peninsula. Why is Korea still divided into two nations? How does the decades-old tension between North Korea and South Korea affect all of Asia as well as influence several of the world's major powers, including Japan, the People's Republic of China, Russia, and the United States? This book provides answers to these questions and more, presenting readers with descriptions of historical developments in Korea's past and supplying the necessary context for understanding why the Korean Peninsula remains split at the 38th parallel. Two comprehensive opening chapters present a broad overview of events in Korea's history from ancient times through the start of World War II. The subsequent chapters cover Korea's role in the Cold War, describing the Soviet-American sponsorship of two Koreas, the Korean War, Soviet and Chinese support for North Korea, the U.S. alliance with South Korea, South Korea's long struggle to achieve democracy, the Kim dynasty in North Korea, and moments of tension and cooperation between North and South Korea. Written in a clear, direct, and accessible style, the book will be valuable to high school, undergraduate, and graduate-level students.
Author : Nicola Seu
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527522695
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)
Download or read book The Divided Korean Peninsula written by Nicola Seu and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the West, interest about Korea is often limited to its unnatural division and the peculiar regime in the North of the Peninsula. However, its culture is rich, its history a thousand years-old, its land populous, and its economy spectacularly growing. How is it possible that such a country, a key figure in the recent history of Asia would only call to mind advanced technology or nuclear threat? This book is drawn from the personal experiences of the author, who lived in South Korea and experienced it two different times, in 2000 and 2010, and had the possibility of going back in 2017. In all his time there, he tasted all the characteristics, the contradictions, merits and defects of this halved and impenetrable country.
Author : Martin Hart-Landsberg
Publisher : Monthly Review Press
ISBN 13 : 9780853459279
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (592 download)
Download or read book Korea written by Martin Hart-Landsberg and published by Monthly Review Press. This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Korean unification is one of the most important issues on the international agenda today. Hart-Landsberg's broad-ranging inquiry develops a perspective that is rarely heard, and that merits careful attention. It is a valuable contribution to a debate that should not be delayed." --Noam Chomsky
Author : James Irving Matray
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0791078299
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Korea Divided written by James Irving Matray and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the reasons and significance of arbitrary borders, past and present, and the impact on international affairs.
Author : Bruce Cumings
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393347532
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)
Download or read book Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (Updated Edition) written by Bruce Cumings and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005-09-17 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Book Review Korea has endured a "fractured, shattered twentieth century," and this updated edition brings Bruce Cumings's leading history of the modern era into the present. The small country, overshadowed in the imperial era, crammed against great powers during the Cold War, and divided and decimated by the Korean War, has recently seen the first real hints of reunification. But positive movements forward are tempered by frustrating steps backward. In the late 1990s South Korea survived its most severe economic crisis since the Korean War, forcing a successful restructuring of its political economy. Suffering through floods, droughts, and a famine that cost the lives of millions of people, North Korea has been labeled part of an "axis of evil" by the George W. Bush administration and has renewed its nuclear threats. On both sides Korea seems poised to continue its fractured existence on into the new century, with potential ramifications for the rest of the world.
Author : David P. Fields
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009100572
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Divided America, Divided Korea written by David P. Fields and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-31 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts provide a broad and nuanced look at the critical relationship between the US and Korea during the Trump years.
Author : Michael J. Seth
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462921116
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book A Brief History of Korea written by Michael J. Seth and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Korean history from its ancient roots to the present day, A Brief History of Korea is the story of a people with a rich and united culture that has become two Koreas in modern times--one isolated and secretive and the other among the world's most successful economies. Korean culture developed on a 600-mile-long peninsula, bordered on the north by mountains and three sides by the sea, set apart from the Asian mainland. Korea was one of the last countries in Asia to be visited by Westerners and its borders have remained largely unchanged since it was unified in the seventh century. Though it is one of the world's oldest and most ethnically homogeneous states, Korea was not born in a vacuum. Geographically isolated, the country was heavily influenced by powerful China and was often used as a bridge to the mainland by Japan. Calling themselves as "a shrimp among whales," Koreans borrowed elements of government, culture and religion all the while fiercely fighting to maintain independence from powerful neighbors. This fascinating book tells the story of Korean domestic dynasties, empires and states, as well as foreign conquest, occupation and division. Today, the two Koreas are starkly different--North Korea a nation closed to the world and South Korea an economic powerhouse and center of Asian democracy. Chronicling significant events right up through 2018's Singapore Summit, author Michael J. Seth presents a relevant, interesting and important history of Korea within a larger global context. Korea's history is a turbulent one, but ultimately the story of a resistant and resourceful people in search of lasting peace.
Author : Nan Kim
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739184725
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Memory, Reconciliation, and Reunions in South Korea written by Nan Kim and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 Scott Bill Memorial Prize for Outstanding First Book in Peace History Memory, Reconciliation, and Reunions in South Korea: Crossing the Divide explores the history and tells the story of the emotionally charged meetings that took place among family members who, after having lost all contact for over fifty years on opposite sides of the Korean divide, were temporarily reunited in a series of events beginning in 2000. During an unprecedented period of reconciliation between North and South Korea, those nationally televised reunions would prove to be the largest meetings held theretofore among civilians from the two states since the inter-Korean border was sealed following the end of active hostilities in 1953. Drawing on field research during the reunions as they happened, oral histories with family members who participated, interviews among government officials involved in the events’ negotiation and planning, and observations of breakthrough developments at the turn of the millennium, this book narrates a grounded history of these pivotal events. The book further explores the implications of such intimate family encounters for the larger political and cultural processes of moving from a disposition of enmity to one of recognition and engagement through attempts at achieving sustained reconciliation amid the complex legacies of civil war and the global Cold War on the Korean Peninsula.
Author : Ban Ki-moon
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231552785
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Resolved written by Ban Ki-moon and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born just one year before the United Nations itself, Ban Ki-moon came of age with the world body. His earliest memories are haunted by the sound of bombs dropping on his Korean village and the sight of fires consuming what remained. The six-year-old boy fled with his family, trudging for miles in mud-soaked shoes, suffering from incessant hunger, and wondering how they would survive—until the United Nations rescued them. Young Ban Ki-moon grew up determined to repay this lifesaving generosity. Resolved is Ban Ki-moon’s personal account of his decade at the helm of the organization during a period of historic turmoil and promise. Meeting challenges and resistance with a belief in the UN’s mission of peace, development, and human rights, he steered the United Nations through a volatile period that included the Arab Spring, nuclear pursuits in Iran and North Korea, the Ebola epidemic, and brutal new conflicts in Central Africa. As secretary-general, Ban also forged global agreements to fight extreme poverty and address the climate crisis. Ban performed what has been called “the most impossible job on this earth” with a genuine belief in collective action and global transformation. Freed from the diplomatic constraints of a lifetime of public service, he offers a candid assessment of the people and events that shape our era and a bracing analysis of what lies ahead.
Author : Michael Berry
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824875109
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Divided Lenses written by Michael Berry and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2017-12-31 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided Lenses: Screen Memories of War in East Asia is the first attempt to explore how the tumultuous years between 1931 and 1953 have been recreated and renegotiated in cinema. This period saw traumatic conflicts such as the Sino-Japanese War, the Pacific War, and the Korean War, and pivotal events such as the Rape of Nanjing, Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Iwo Jima, and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, all of which left a lasting imprint on East Asia and the world. By bringing together a variety of specialists in the cinemas of East Asia and offering divergent yet complementary perspectives, the book explores how the legacies of war have been reimagined through the lens of film. This turbulent era opened with the Mukden Incident of 1931, which signaled a new page in Japanese militaristic aggression in East Asia, and culminated with the Korean War (1950–1953), a protracted conflict that broke out in the wake of Japan's post–World War II withdrawal from Korea. Divided Lenses explores the ways in which events of the intervening decades have continued to shape politics and popular culture throughout East Asia and the world. The essays in part I examine historical trends at work in various "national" cinemas, including China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and the United States. Those in part 2 focus on specific themes present in the cinema portraying this period—such as comfort women in Chinese film, the Nanjing Massacre, or nationalism—and how they have been depicted or renegotiated in contemporary films. Of particular interest are contributions drawing from other forms of screen culture, such as television and video games. Divided Lenses builds on the growing interest in East Asian cinema by examining how these historic conflicts have been imagined, framed, and revisited through the lens of cinema and screen culture. It will interest later generations living in the shadow of these events, as well as students and scholars in the fields of cinema studies, cultural studies, cold war studies, and World War II history.
Author : James Foley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134431651
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Korea's Divided Families written by James Foley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The divided families problem is a serious social issue in North and South Korea, involving hundreds of thousands of first generation divided family members, most of whom have not seen their relatives since the Korean War. It is the most pressing humanitarian issue between the two Koreas, and is connected to the greater issue of human rights in North Korea today. However, little serious academic work exists on the subject, in either English or Korean. This new study, based on research conducted in Korea, including interviews in 2001 with Korean families who benefited from the most recent exchanges, addresses the many issues surrounding the divided family problem, and highlights its importance in the path towards Korean rapprochement.
