Korea, the divided nation

Type Book

Rate 0.0 /5

Following its liberation from Japanese colonialism, at the end of WWII, Korea was divided into two separate nations. Because the Korean nation enjoyed a long dynastic history, its postwar partition was particularly traumatic. The ensuing Cold War years spawned the Korean War and subsequent decades of strained inter-Korean relations and tensions in the region surrounding the peninsula. This volume provides readers who are unfamiliar with Korea's heritage insight into how Korea became a divided n…

Details

Files

Reviews

Download

Title Statements

Full title :Korea, the divided nation / Edward A. Olsen.

Summary

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Praeger Security International
Place of Publication:Westport, Conn
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (191 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0313015171, 9780313015175
oclc:ocm62320316
LC Classification:DS907.18
Dewey Decimal:951.9

Introduction and the geographical setting -- The legacy of antiquity -- The imperial age -- Liberation and division -- South Korea's evolution, 1948-2004 -- North Korea's evolution, 1948-2004 -- Two Koreas: international perspectives -- Reuniting the Korean nation -- Conclusion: united Korea's prospects.

Subjects

Corée -- Histoire Corée du Nord -- Histoire Corée du Sud -- Histoire Electronic books History Korea Korea -- History Korea (North) Korea (North) -- History Korea (South) Korea (South) -- History Korean reunification question (1945- ) Nordkorea Question de la réunification de la Coré… Südkorea Wiedervereinigung