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Korea: the search for sovereignty/ Geoff Simons; foreword by Tony Benn.

By: Simons, GeoffContributor(s): Benn, TonyMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Macmillan, 1995Description: xxi, 313 p. : ill.; 23 cmISBN: 0333630777Subject(s): Korea | NationalismDDC classification: 951.9

Contents:

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?

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	951.9 SIM/K (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P04376

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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?

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