TY - BOOK AU - Simons,Geoff AU - Benn, Tony. TI - Korea: the search for sovereignty SN - 0333630777 U1 - 951.9 PY - 1995/// CY - London PB - Macmillan KW - Korea KW - Nationalism N1 - 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? ER -