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The two Koreas : a contemporary history / Don Oberdorfer.
LIBRA DS922.2 .O25 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oberdorfer, Don.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korea (South)--History.
- Korea (South).
- History.
- Korea (North)--History.
- Korea (North).
- Physical Description:
- xv, 521 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- New edition, revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2001.
- Summary:
- Don Oberdorfer has written a gripping narrative history of Korea's travails and triumphs over the past three decades. The Two Koreas places the tensions between North and South within a historical context, with a special emphasis on the involvement of outside powers.
- Contents:
- 1. Where the Wild Birds Sing 1
- The Emergence of Two Koreas 3
- War and Its Aftermath 8
- The Origins of Negotiation 11
- Kim Il Sung 16
- Conversations with the South 23
- 2. The End of the Beginning 27
- Park Chung Hee 31
- Washington Blinks at Park's Coup 37
- The Impact of Yushin 41
- 3. The Trouble Deepens 47
- The Struggle with Japan 51
- The Underground War 56
- Challenge from the North 59
- Echoes of Saigon 64
- The South Korean Nuclear Weapons Program 68
- Murder in the Demilitarized Zone 74
- 4. The Carter Chill 84
- Carter's Withdrawal: Origins and Implementation 85
- The View from Pyongyang 94
- End of the Carter Withdrawal 101
- 5. Assassination and Aftermath 109
- The Coming of Chun Doo Hwan 116
- The Kwangju Uprising 124
- The Fight to Save Kim Dae Jung 133
- 6. Terror and Talk 139
- The Negotiating Track 144
- Floods and Face-to-Face Talks 147
- Kim Il Sung and the Soviet Connection 153
- 7. The Battle for Democracy in Seoul 161
- Chun's Succession Struggle 162
- The Election of 1987 172
- 8. The Great Olympic Coming-Out Party 179
- The Coming of the Olympics 180
- The Bombing of Kal Flight 858 183
- The Rise of Nordpolitik 186
- Washington Launches a Modest Initiative 192
- 9. Moscow Switches Sides 197
- The Roots of Change 200
- Gorbachev Meets Roh 204
- The Shevardnadze Mission 213
- "How Long Will the Red Flag Fly?" 218
- Soviet-South Korean Economic Negotiations 225
- 10. China Shifts Its Ground 229
- A Visit to North Korea 232
- China Changes Course 239
- 11. Joining the Nuclear Issue 249
- The Origins of the Nuclear Program 251
- Nuclear Diplomacy: The American Weapons 255
- The December Accords 260
- Meeting in New York 265
- The Coming of the Inspectors 267
- From Accommodation to Crisis 271
- 12. Withdrawal and Engagement 281
- The Light-Water Reactor Plan 287
- Kim Young Sam Blows the Whistle 291
- The Season of Crisis Begins 297
- 13. Showdown over Nuclear Weapons 305
- The Defueling Crisis 306
- The Military Track 311
- The Deepening Conflict 316
- Carter in Pyongyang 326
- 14. Death and Accord 337
- The Succession of Kim Jong Il 345
- The Framework Negotiations 351
- The Kim Jong Il Regime 359
- The Struggle over the Reactors 365
- 15. North Korea in Crisis 369
- Political Earthquake in Seoul 376
- Summit Diplomacy and the Four-Party Proposal 382
- The Submarine Incursion 387
- North Korea's Steep Decline 393
- The Passage of Hwang Jang Yop 399
- The Two Koreas in Time of Trouble 406
- 16. Turn Toward Engagement 409
- Into the Heavens, Under the Earth 410
- Toward an Aid-Based State 414
- Perry to the Rescue 418
- Toward the June Summit 423
- Summit in Pyongyang 428
- Engaging the United States 435.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [461]-502) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0465051626
- OCLC:
- 47831650
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