Korea has endured a "fractured, shattered twentieth century", and this updated edition brings Bruce Cumings' leading history of the modern era into the present. The small country, overshadowed in the imperial era, crammed against great powers during the Cold War and divided and decimated by the Kore[...]
A BRACING ACCOUNT OF A WAR THAT IS EITHER MISUNDERSTOOD, FORGOTTEN, OR WILLFULLY IGNORED
For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long struggle that still haunts contemporary events. With access to new evidence [...]
A leading expert on Korea draws on his extensive knowledge of Korean history and recently declassified government documents to provide a timely and balanced study of North Korea and its vilified leader, Kim John Il, discussing the nation's role in global affairs since the collapse of the USSR, its s[...]