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Korea and East Asia Kenneth Lee

Korea and East Asia By Kenneth Lee

Korea and East Asia by Kenneth Lee

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To understand Korea's present situation, one must look back at many thousands of years of Korean history. Some of the questions addressed in this study are: How did Koreans rebuild their country time after time, following destruction by foreign invaders? Why is North Korea so different from South Korea?

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Korea and East Asia: The Story of a Phoenix by Kenneth Lee

Korea has had a long, great civilization, with four golden ages. Destruction caused by foreign powers has failed to extinguish the Korean spirit for survival. Korea, at least its southern part, is at the threshold of another golden age, despite the handicap of being a divided nation. To understand Korea's present situation, one must look back at many thousands of years of Korean history. The purpose of this study is to look squarely at that history, including the atrocities committed against Koreans by several countries, especially Japan in the periods of 1592-1598 and 1895-1945. Some of the questions addressed in this study are: How did Koreans rebuild their country time after time, following destruction by foreign invaders? How could Koreans, in recent years, rebuild their economy in such a short time? What motivates them? Why is North Korea so different from South Korea? What is the potential of Korea in the twenty-first century? Why do Koreans have such difficulty unifying their country?

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This is a spirited, comprehensive, yet appealingly concise account of Korea's fascinating history and of that singularly important country's situation in its, at times, tough regional neighborhood. The book . . . is a fine general reading contribution to the much-to-be-welcomed growing literature on Korea's unique, rich past and on its role in the world. It is to be hoped that Dr. Lee's book will be consulted frequently and widely for it deserves serious attention. * Journal of Thrid World Studies *

About Kenneth Lee

Kenneth B. Lee has held positions as chairman and professor of the Korean Department, Chief Research Division, and dean of the Germanic Language School of the U.S. Defense Language Institute./e Born in southern Korea and raised in northern Korea, he studied at Korea University, New York University and Stanford University, and received his PhD from the University of Southern California. He has also been Professor of East Asian Studies at Chapman University and Program Chief of Korean and Japanese Studies at Monterey Institute of International Studies. He has published widely on Korea.

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Introduction Acknowledgments The Early Period of Korea The Early Beginnings and Racial Origins of Korea Early Korean Kingdoms Noted in Mythological Tales Early Korea and China, 200 BC-700 AD Korea and Early Japan, 200 BC-700 AD The Early Middle Period: Unified Silla, Palhae, and Koryo Kingdoms, 668-1392 Unified Silla, 668-935 AD; and Pal-hae (P'o-hai), 698-926 AD Korean Kingdoms of Silla and Palhae (P'o-hai) The First Half of the Koryo Dynasty to the Twelfth Century The Second Half of Koryo: The Warring Period The First Half of the Choson Kingdom--Li Dynasty, 1392-1650 The Early Li Dynasty and Korea's Fourth Golden Age, 1395-1592 The Choson Kingdom's Foreign Relations and Foreign Invasions The Second Half of the Choson Kingdom--Li Dynasty: 1650-1910 The Gradual Decline of the Li Dynasty The Last Forty Years of the Li Dynasty: 1870-1910 Japanese Occupation and Rule of Korea: 1910-1945 Establishment of the Colonial Government Korea's Fight for Independence and Wartime International Conferences on Korea South and North Koreas: A Divided Nation Period of Occupational Governments of the United States and the Soviet Union Korea Before and During the Korean War: 1948-1953 South Korea: 1950-1990s North Korea: 1950-1990s The Arms Race and Unification Efforts of the Two Koreas National Securities of Both South and North Korea Unification Efforts by International Organizations and South and North Koreas Future Prospects of Unification and Potentiality for Korea Chronology Bibliography Index

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NPB9780275958237
9780275958237
027595823X
Korea and East Asia: The Story of a Phoenix by Kenneth Lee
Kenneth Lee
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1997-06-18
312
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