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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Tác giả chính: Gleysteen, William H.
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press ©1999.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/j.ctvdf0ks1
Mục lục:
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Information
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments and a Note about Documents
  • Chronology of Events
  • Introduction
  • U.S.-Korean Relations before the Carter Administration
  • The Carter Administration: Salt for Korea Wounds
  • The Carter-Park Summit Meeting
  • President Park's Assassination and Its Aftermath
  • Chun Doo Hwan's Coup d'Etat and Choi Kyu Ha's Interim Presidency
  • False Optimism: The Seoul Spring
  • Political Protests and Military Crackdown
  • The Kwangju Uprising
  • The Ascension and Presidency of Chun Doo Hwan
  • The American Effort to Save Kim Dae Jung's Life
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Selected Telegrams on Korea in Crisis
  • Glossary of People, Places, Institutions, and Functions
  • Suggested Reading
  • Index
  • Back Cover