Park Chung Hee and modern Korea: the roots of militarism 1866-1945

For South Koreans, the twenty years from the early 1960s to late 1970s were the best and worst of times...a period of unprecedented economic growth and of political oppression that deepened as prosperity spread. In this masterly account, Carter J. Eckert finds the roots of South Korea's dramati...

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1. Verfasser: Eckert, Carter J. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2016
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Zusammenfassung:For South Koreans, the twenty years from the early 1960s to late 1970s were the best and worst of times...a period of unprecedented economic growth and of political oppression that deepened as prosperity spread. In this masterly account, Carter J. Eckert finds the roots of South Korea's dramatic socioeconomic transformation in the country's long history of militarization...a history personified in South Korea's paramount leader, Park Chung Hee....
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index ;
Beschreibung:xii, 472 Seiten, 22 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Karten, Portraits
ISBN:9780674659865