Oberdorfer, Don.
New York : Basic Books, A member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
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Notes:

• 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 — Provided by publisher.
• A new edition of the definitive overview of contemporary Korean history, updated with new material to account for recent, dramatic events — Provided by publisher.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-504) and index.
• 1 Where the Wild Birds Sing 1 — The Emergence of Two Koreas 2 — War and Its Aftermath 6 — The Origins of Negotiation 9 — Kim II Sung 13 — Conversations with the South 18 — 2 The End of the Beginning 22 — Park Chung Hee 25 — Washington Blinks at Park’s Coup 30 — The Impact of Yashin 33 — 3 The Trouble Deepens 39 — Tensions Increase 40 — The Struggle with Japan 42 — The Underground War 45 — Challenge from the North 47 — Echoes of Saigon 52 — The South Korean Nuclear Weapons Program 55 — Murder in me Demilitarized Zone 59 — 4 The Carter Chill 67 — Carter’s Withdrawal: Origins and Implementation 68 — The View from Pyongyang 75 — End of the Carter Withdrawal 80 — 5 Assassination and Aftermath 87 — Growing Domestic Tensions 89 — The Coming of Chun Doo Hwan 92 — The Kwangju Uprising 98 — The Fight to Save Kim Dae Jung 105 — 6 Terror and Talk 109 — The Negotiating Track 112 — Floods and Face-to-Face Talks 115 — Kim II Sung and the Soviet Connection 119 — 7 The Battle for Democracy in Seoul 126 — Chun’s Succession Struggle 126 — The Election of 1987 135 — 8 The Great Olympic Coming-Out Party 140 — The Coming of the Olympics 140 — The Bombing of KAL Flight 858 144 — The Rise of Nordpolitik 146 — Washington Launches a Modest Initiative 150 — 9 Moscow Switches Sides 154 — The Roots of Change 156 — Gorbachev Meets Roh 159 — The Shevardnadze Mission 165 — How Long Will the Red Flag Fly? 169 — Soviet-South Korean Economic Negotiations 175 — 10 China Shifts its Ground 178 — A Visit to North Korea 180 — China Changes Course 186 — 11 Joining the Nuclear Issue 194 — The Origins of the Nuclear Program 196 — Nuclear Diplomacy: The American Weapons 198 — First Steps 200 — The December Accords 203 — Meeting in New York 207 — The Coming of the Inspectors 208 — First Inspections 209 — From Accommodation to Crisis 212 — 12 Withdrawal and Engagement 219 — The Light-Water-Reactor Plan 224 — Kim Young Sam Blows the Whistle 228 — The Season of Crisis Begins 232 — 13 Showdown Over

Subjects:

• Korea (South) — History.
• Korea (North) — History.
• HISTORY / Asia / General. bisacsh
• HISTORY / Asia / Korea. bisacsh
• HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. bisacsh
• Nordkorea. gnd
• Südkorea. gnd
• Korea (North) fast (OCoLC)fst01214151
• Korea (South) fast (OCoLC)fst01206791
• History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628

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