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Book SynopsisThis edited volume brings together a set of essays exploring the global dimensions of Korea's recent history and politics by a group of the most talented young scholars. Essays in the volume seek to answer two interrelated questions: How have international developments impacted Korea? And how has Korea in turn influenced world events and trends? The volume demonstrates that the most important issues in Korea's post World War II historydivision, war, economic development, and inter-Korean rivalrycannot be understood without reference to the country's global interactions. Essays in the volume cover a range of topics including: U.S.-South Korean relations, North Korean foreign policy, immigration, and democratization. The essays included in the volume push the boundaries of several different subfields. Historical essays break new ground by introducing new archival materials and revealing important details about the past diplomacy of the two Korea's. Others consider aspects of American inf
Trade ReviewThis well-edited collection of essays makes an important contribution to our understanding of the history of the two Koreas in the past seventy years. Each essay examines some aspect of Korea’s global engagement and the degree to which Koreans were passive or active agents in shaping their own development. The essays are accessibly written and broad enough in their implications to be of interest to non-specialists while providing new findings and insights that will require specialists to rethink some of their assumptions about recent Korean history. -- Michael Seth, James Madison University
This book indeed explores “new frontiers” with a collection of excellent chapters written by some of the rising young scholars in Korean Studies. The book examines an intriguing set of topics that break new ground and utilize new archival materials while addressing issues that do not receive the attention they deserve. These chapters should be required reading for the fascinating stories they tell of how both Koreas faced difficult challenges in dealing with a changing global environment and worked to determine their own fate. -- Terence Roherig, Naval War College
An exciting and path-breaking look at Korea’s interaction with the modern world. Brazinsky has assembled some the best young scholars of Korea, and has produced a wide-ranging work that offers fresh insights and fresh perspectives. This is a “must-read” for anyone interested in understanding the complicated history of modern Korea. -- Mitch Lerner, The Ohio State University
The essays in this volume are of high quality and on important topics. The book as a whole will be required reading for specialists and students in the field of Korean Studies. Highly recommended! -- Yafeng Xia, Long Island University
Table of ContentsChapter 1: From Supply Lines to Supply Chains: Busan, the Korean War, and the Rise of Global Logistics By Patrick Chung Chapter 2: From Dependency to Self-Sufficiency: American Relief Food in the Korean Peripheries in the 1960s By Dajeong Chung Chapter 3: “The Carter Zeal” versus “The Carter Chill:” U.S. Policy towards the Korean Peninsula in the Carter Era By Khue Dieu Do Chapter 4: Armed with Notebooks and Pencils: North and South Korean Students at the Tehran Foreign School, 1983 By Benjamin R. Young Chapter 5: North Korea’s Changing Policy Toward the United Nations By Jie Dong Chapter 6: Explaining Economic Order in North Korea By Sheena Chestnut Greitens Chapter 7 Multiculturalism as State Developmental Policy in Global Korea By Darcie Draudt Chapter 8 Democratic Support and Generational Change in South Korea By Steven Denney
