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Simons, Geoff.

Korea: the search for sovereignty/ Geoff Simons; foreword by Tony Benn. - London: Macmillan, 1995. - xxi, 313 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-293) and index.

PART I NEW WORLD INSTABILITY
1. The Mounting Tensions
New World Presumption
Nuclear Proliferation
The Crisis Chronology
Towards Sanctions?
The Wider World
New World Calculations
The Crisis in Abeyance
The Kim is Dead! Long Live the Kim!


PART II THE HISTORICAL FRAME
2. Beginnings
The Land
Origins
Myth and Old Chao-hsien
The Chinese Impact
The Three Kingdoms Period
The Growth of Koguryo
The Rise of Paekche
Silla: Prelude to Unification

3. The Unified State
The Silla Unification (7th-10th Century)
The State of Koryo (918-1392)
The Mongol Invasions (1231-1258)
The Yi Dynasty (1392-1910)
The Japanese Invasions (1592-1598)
The Manchu Invasions (1627-1637)
The Western Impact (17th-20th Century)
Towards Annexation

4. The Japanese Colony
Annexation
The Captive State
The Independence Struggle
The March First Movement
The Korean Provisional Government
The Communist Contribution
The Racist Enterprise
The Second World War


PART III THE FRUITS OF PARTITION
5. The Divided Nation
Prelude to Partition
Drawing the Line
The Americans in Korea
The Soviets in Korea
The Role of Syngman Rhee
The Role of IGm Il-sung
Developments in the South
Developments in the North
The Struggle for Unification

6. The Korean War
Prelude to War
Who Started It?
The Chronology of Conflict
The Face of War
The UN Role
The Korean Paradigm

7. The Aftermath
The Aftermath of War
The Political Chronology (ROK)
The Political Chronology (DPRK)
The Shape of Development
The Route to Unification?


ISBN: 0333630777

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Korea
Nationalism

Dewey Class. No.: 951.9 / SIM/K