Making of Modern Korea
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authoritarian regimes analysis
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Choson
chung-hee
Cold War Asia
comparative Korean peninsula development
DPRK
DPRK Economy
DPRK Leadership
DPRK. North
East Asian history
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Kaesong Industrial Zone
kim
Kim Il Sung
Kim Young Sam
Korean Communists
koreans
Military Expenditure
north
North Korea
North Korean
nuclear proliferation studies
park
Park Chung Hee
Park Geun Hye
policy
political transformation Korea
roh
Roh Moo Hyun
Roh Tae Woo
ROK
ROK Army
ROK Economy
ROK Government
ROK Politics
ROK President
ROK Presidential Election
ROK Society
Secretary Of State
social change twentieth century
South Korea
sung
sunshine
Sunshine Policy
tae-woo
UN
West Germany
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781032147932
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 2022
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This fully updated fourth edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced, and engaging history of Korea from 1876 to the present day. The text is unique in analysing domestic developments in the two Koreas in the wider context of regional and international affairs.
Key features of the book include:
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- comprehensive coverage of modern Korean history since 1876
- expanded coverage of social and cultural affairs
- up-to-date analysis of contemporary North Korea, including assessments of the Kim Jong Un administration and development of its nuclear weapons programme
- a detailed chronology and suggestions for further reading
The Making of Modern Korea is a valuable one-volume resource for students of modern Korean history, international politics, and Asian Studies.
Adrian Buzo currently lectures at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has published widely on Korean politics and history, including titles such as The Guerilla Dynasty: Politics and Leadership in the DPRK, published by Routledge (2018).
