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James Alward Van Fleet (March 19, 1892 – September 23, 1992) was a U.S. Army officer during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Van Fleet was a native of New Jersey, who was raised in Flor……続きを見る

This book is a first-hand account, based on personal experiences and observation, of a war unique in history and vital for the future of our civilisation. Part of the book is written in the form of ……続きを見る

Toen Kim Jong-un in 2011 zijn vader en zijn grootvader opvolgde als leider van Noord-Korea voorspelde menigeen dat de twintiger vanwege zijn gebrek aan leiderschapservaring snel opzij zou worden gez……続きを見る

25 Haziran 1950 sabahında başlayan Kore Savaşı, Soğuk Savaşın ilk sıcak çatışması olarak tarihte yerini almıştır. Adnan Menderes hükümeti, 26 Temmuz 1950’de Kore’ye bir tugay düzeyinde asker göndere……続きを見る

Honoré de Balzac's novel 'Pamela Giraud' is a captivating tale set in early 19th-century France, exploring themes of love, class struggle, and personal sacrifice. Balzac's intricate prose style imme……続きを見る

Japanese colonial rule in Korea (1905–1945) ushered in natural resource management programs that profoundly altered access to and ownership of the peninsula’s extensive mountains and forests. Under ……続きを見る

This study analyzes North Korean comedy films from the late 1960s to present day. It examines the most iconic comedy films and comedians to show how North Koreans have enjoyed themselves and have es……続きを見る

In 1871, five ships of the United States Asiatic Fleet headed into Korean waters, intent on establishing relations with Korea, a country that had shunned the outside world for centuries. However, as……続きを見る

'Broederstrijd in Korea' van Sheila Miyoshi Jager is een veelomvattend en diepgravend boek over de geschiedenis van Korea. Sheila Miyoshi Jager beschrijft in Broederstrijd in Korea de geschiedenis v……続きを見る

이야기가 있는 섬, 안면도 안면도에 깃든 역사와 자연, 그리고 사람에 대한 이야기를 담은 책이다. 본래 섬이 아니던 안면도가 섬이 된 이야기, 일제의 이기심과 탐욕 때문에 파괴된 안면송 이야기, 고난 속에서도……続きを見る

South Korea’s triumphant development has catapulted the country’s economy to the eleventh largest in the world. Large family-owned conglomerates, or chaebŏls, such as Samsung, Hyundai, and LG, have ……続きを見る

Marching Through Suffering is a deeply personal portrait of the ravages of famine and totalitarian politics in modern North Korea since the 1990s. Featuring interviews with more than thirty North Ko……続きを見る

The Korean demilitarized zone might be among the most heavily guarded places on earth, but it also provides passage for thousands of defectors, spies, political emissaries, war prisoners, activists,……続きを見る

Korean writers and filmmakers crossed literary and visual cultures in multilayered ways under Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945). Taking advantage of new modes and media that emerged in the early tw……続きを見る

Korea Between Empires chronicles the development of a Korean national consciousness. It focuses on two critical periods in Korean history and asks how key concepts and symbols were created and integ……続きを見る

The unification of North and South Korea is widely considered an unresolved and volatile matter for the global order, but this book argues capital has already unified Korea in a transnational form. ……続きを見る

Park Wan-suh is a best-selling and award-winning writer whose work has been widely translated and published throughout the world. Who Ate Up All the Shinga? is an extraordinary account of her experi……続きを見る

This insightful analysis of the ways in which South Korean economic development strategies have reshaped the country's national identity gives specific attention to the manner in which women, as the……続きを見る

The regime of Kim Jong-Il has been called "mad," "rogue," even, by the Wall Street Journal, the equivalent of an "unreformed serial killer." Yet, despite the avalanche of television and print covera……続きを見る

Four hundred years ago, indigenous peoples occupied the vast region that today encompasses Korea, Manchuria, the Mongolian Plateau, and Eastern Siberia. Over time, these populations struggled to mai……続きを見る

Kim Yong shares his harrowing account of life in a labor camp-a singularly despairing form of torture carried out by the secret state. Although it is known that gulags exist in North Korea, little i……続きを見る

The Imjin War (1592–1598) was a grueling conflict that wreaked havoc on the towns and villages of the Korean Peninsula. The involvement of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean forces, not to mention the re……続きを見る

Kang Hang was a Korean scholar-official taken prisoner in 1597 by an invading Japanese army during the Imjin War of 1592–1598. While in captivity in Japan, Kang recorded his thoughts on human civili……続きを見る

Grassroots Fascism profiles the Asia Pacific War (1937–1945)ーthe most important though least understood experience of Japan's modern historyーthrough the lens of ordinary Japanese life. Moving deft……続きを見る

In search of national unity and state control in the decade following the Korean War, North Korea turned to labor. Mandating rapid industrial growth, the government stressed order and consistency in……続きを見る

With the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, Japan embarked on a policy of territorial expansion that would claim Taiwan and Korea, among others. Assimilation policies led to a significant bo……続きを見る

This volume connects the evolving modern financial systems of China, Japan, and Korea to the development and growth of their economies through the first decade of the twenty-first century. It also i……続きを見る

Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also U.S. allies. Yet despite their shared interests, shared values, and geograp……続きを見る

The Confucian gentleman scholars of the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) often published short anecdotes exemplifying their values and aesthetic concerns. In modern Seoul one scholar in particular would e……続きを見る

Taking a panoramic view of Korea's dynamic literary production in the final decade of Japanese rule, When the Future Disappears locates the imprint of a new temporal sense in Korean modernism: the i……続きを見る