Massive entanglement, marginal influence : Carter and Korea in crisis /

Using extensive documentation, this book examines how President Jimmy Carter's troop withdrawal and human rights policies--conceived in abstraction from East Asian realities--contributed to the demise of Korean President Park Chung Hee. The author suggests that some lessons are relevant beyond...

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1. Verfasser: Gleysteen, William H.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ©1999.
Online-Zugang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctvdf0ks1
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Zusammenfassung:Using extensive documentation, this book examines how President Jimmy Carter's troop withdrawal and human rights policies--conceived in abstraction from East Asian realities--contributed to the demise of Korean President Park Chung Hee. The author suggests that some lessons are relevant beyond Korea, for example, in our treatment of human rights problems in China today.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxiv, 242 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.
ISBN:9780815791096
0815791097
0815731701