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Such Men as Theseby David Sears
Da Capo Press 2010; US$ 25.00The gripping exploits of United States Navy combat pilots during the Korean Warheroes who inspired James Micheners classic, The Bridges at Toko-Ri more...
Korean Warby Stanley Sandler
Routledge 1999; US$ 39.95An interpretative history of the Korean War within the context of Korea's history. The text assesses the role of North and South Korea and allied forces, and evaluates the contribution of UN naval forces and the impact on the homefront. more...
North Koreaby Ian Jeffries
RoutledgeCurzon 2005; US$ 190.00This book provides full details of economic and political developments in North Korea since 1989 when the communist world began to change irrevocably. Developments are arranged chronologically by sector. more...
Making of Modern Koreaby Adrian Buzo
Routledge 2002; US$ 59.95This text provides an accurate, balanced and readable history of Korea from 1910 to the present day. more...
Sunshine in Koreaby Norman D. Levin; Yong-Sup Han
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95The debate in South Korea over the government's engagement policy toward North Korea (the so-called 'sunshine? policy) did not start with Pyongyang's recent admission that it has been secretly pursuing a nuclear weapons program in violation of multiple international commitments. However, the evolution of the debate will be an important determinant of how the South Korean and broader international response to this latest North Korean challenge ultimately ends. Examining the public South Korean debate over dealings with North Korea, this book reviews the relevant historical background, focusing on the evolution of ?engagement? as the goal of South Korean policy toward the North. It examines the critical assumptions and central concepts motivating... more...
Korea's Development Under Park Chung Heeby Hyung-A Kim
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 195.00Based on personal interviews with the principal policy-makers of the 1970s, this book examines how the president sought to develop South Korea into an independent, autonomous sovereign state both economically and militarily. more...
Korea Versus Koreaby Barry Gills
Routledge 1996; US$ 195.00This study traces the historic course of diplomatic competition between the rival Koreas within the context of a changing international system. more...
Frontier Contact Between Choson Korea And Tokugawaby James B. Lewis
Taylor & Francis 2003; US$ 190.00This study draws on a wide base of primary sources for Korea and Japan and introduces the problems that animate modern scholarship in both countries. more...
Going Criticalby Joel S. Wit; Daniel B. Poneman; Robert L. Gallucci
Brookings Institution Press 2003; US$ 22.95In this work, three former US officials who played key roles in the 1994 crisis trace the intense efforts that led North Korea to freeze - and pledge to ultimately dismantle - its dangerous plutonium production programme, while avoiding a second Korean War. more...
Rogue Regimeby Jasper Becker
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 12.95North Korea's leader Kim Jong-II is closer than ever to developing an inter-continental ballistic missile and an armoury of nuclear weapons. This work focuses on North Korea's continuing survival and lays out the rationale behind the policies pursued by North and South - and their larger neighbours. more...