This fully updated second edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced and engaging history of Korea from 1910 to the present day. The text is unique in placing emphasis on Korea's regional and geographical context, through which Buzo analyzes the influence of bigger and more powerful states on the peninsula of Korea. Key features of the book include: comprehensive coverage of Korean history up-to-date analysis of important contemporary developments, including North Korea's controversial missile and ...
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This fully updated second edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced and engaging history of Korea from 1910 to the present day. The text is unique in placing emphasis on Korea's regional and geographical context, through which Buzo analyzes the influence of bigger and more powerful states on the peninsula of Korea. Key features of the book include: comprehensive coverage of Korean history up-to-date analysis of important contemporary developments, including North Korea's controversial missile and nuclear tests comparative focus on North and South Korea an examination of Korea within its regional context a detailed chronology and suggestions for further reading. The Making of Modern Korea is a valuable one-volume resource for students of modern Korean history, international politics and Asian Studies.
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Near Fine. No Jacket. List price Amazon $195.00. Reviews: 'In elegant yet easily readable language, Adrian Buzo has set forth the saga of modern Korea-North and South-in a manner that should have a wide appeal. Students, instructors, and specialists as well will garner much food for thought from this extraordinarily comprehensive work. '-Professor Robert A Scalapino, University of California, USA 1910 to the present day. The text is unique in placing emphasis on Korea's regional and geographic context, through which Buzo analyses the influence of bigger and more powerful states on the peninsular of Korea. Key features of the book include: comprehensive coverage of Korean History analysis of important comtemporary developments a comparative focus on both North and South Korea Korea is examined within its regional context a chronology and suggestions for further reading. This book is an invaluable one-volume resource for all students of modern Korean history, international politics and Asian Studies.
