Troubled Tiger
Businessmen, Bureaucrats and Generals in South Korea
2nd Edition
Published on 30. September 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
390 pages
978-0-7656-0141-4 (ISBN)
Description
This analysis of modern Korea includes: the imprisonment and sentencing of two former presidents of South Korea for their role in the Kwangju uprising and on various charges of corruption; the death of Kim II Sung and the resultant North-South standoff; and recent labour and student protests.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
map, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
563 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7656-0141-4 (9780765601414)
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12/1994
M.E. Sharpe
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Person
Mark L. Clifford
Content
1: Uneasy Alliances; 2: Bone Ranks, Buddhas, and Slaves; 3: Economic Warrior; 4: To Build a Nation; 5: The High Priest of Steel; 6: Yushin; 7: The Big Push; 8: Chaebol; 9: Slowdown; 10: The Assassination; 11: Democracy Denied; 12: Purification; 13: The Crunch; 14: From Reform to Scandal; 15: To Die in Rangoon; 16: Dangerous Corner; 17: The Big Boom; 18: Shifting into Overdrive; 19: Surrender; 20: Workers; 21: Purges and Medals; 22: Coping with Success; 23: Joining the Big Leagues; 24: The End of the Beginning