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Troubled tiger : businessmen, bureaucrats, and generals in South Korea / Mark L. Clifford.
LIBRA HC467 .C6486 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clifford, Mark L., 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korea (South)--Economic policy.
- Korea (South).
- Economic policy.
- Korea (South)--Economic conditions--1948-1960.
- Economic conditions.
- Korea (South)--Economic conditions--1960-.
- Korea (South)--Politics and government--1948-1960.
- Politics and government.
- Korea (South)--Politics and government--1960-.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 373 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [1998]
- Summary:
- In this new edition of Clifford's widely acclaimed book, the author expands his analysis of modern Korea to include the dramatic events of recent years. These include the imprisonment and sentencing of two former presidents of South Korea for their role in the Kwangju uprising and on various charges of corruption, the death of Kim Il Sung in the North and the resultant exacerbation of the instability of the North-South standoff, with all its military/nuclear implications, and recent labor and student protests.
- Notes:
- "An East gate book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-355) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0765601400
- 0765601419
- OCLC:
- 37663201
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