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Throughout its 4,000-year history, Korea has created a vibrant and unique culture. Unfortunately, many believe it developed solely due to Chinas influence, thus leaving no room for an independent hi……続きを見る

When Vickie Spring promised her dad who had served in both WWII and the Korean War, that she would one day write his story and the others with whom he served, she never imagined the challenges that ……続きを見る

*FIRE FOR EFFECT!*is more than just a book about the Korean War. It is the untold history of the Korean War Artillery Forward Observer, told by the men themselves. From the earliest days of the war ……続きを見る

This study examines how and why Chinas military intervention in the Korean War came into existence within the time span from May 1949 to July 1951. China was involved in the war preparations much ea……続きを見る

The 9th Infantry Division was formed in a new and unique way in 1966. Traditionally, soldiers attended basic training on one Army post, Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at another, then reported t……続きを見る

The period following World War II has witnessed numerous international territorial disputes, particularly in Asia and Africa. Even as we enter the twenty-first century, a large number of these terri……続きを見る

Politics and Leadership in North Korea, now fully updated in this second edition, presents an accessible and comprehensive account of North Korea's political, economic and foreign policies since its……続きを見る

Between October 2016 and April 2017, more than 17 million South Koreans took to the streets to demand the resignation of their President over a corruption scandal involving the government. Without a……続きを見る

This classic history of the Korean Warーfrom its origins through the armisticeーis now available in a paperback edition including a substantive introduction that considers the heightened danger of a……続きを見る

Die koreanische Halbinsel liegt zwischen China und Japan am Schnittpunkt unterschiedlicher Kulturen und im Visier wechselnder Großmächte. Das Buch beschreibt die Geschichte des Landes von der ersten……続きを見る

Reading Colonial Korea through Fiction is a compilation of thirteen original essays which was first serialized in a quarterly issued by the National Institute of Korean Language, Saekukosaenghwal (L……続きを見る

Since the turn of the millennium South Korea has continued to grapple with transgressions that shook the nation to its core. Following the serial killings of Korea’s raincoat killer, the events that……続きを見る

African American leaders such as Frederick Douglass long advocated military service as an avenue to equal citizenship for black Americans. Yet segregation in the U.S. armed forces did not officially……続きを見る

Understanding a people and their culture through code words and language. Today, South Korea is an economic, technological and entertainment superpower. How, as a country, did they rebound from war,……続きを見る

Patriots, Traitors and Empires is an account of modern Korean history, written from the point of view of those who fought to free their country from the domination of foreign empires. It traces the ……続きを見る

Het instinct om het Joodse volk te beschermen zit in het dna van Israël. Vanaf 1948 is de beveiliging van het land in handen van de inlichtingendiensten en het leger, met in hun arsenaal een zeer be……続きを見る

During the Cold War, the United States enabled the rise of President Syngman Rhee’s repressive government in South Korea, and yet neither the American occupation nor Rhee’s growing authoritarianism ……続きを見る

Al termine della II guerra mondiale, con un mondo segnato dai disastrosi e rovinosi eventi bellici che provava, con fatica, a risollevarsi, si assistette all'ascesa degli USA e dell'URSS e alla cost……続きを見る

Diceva Winston Churchill: «La democrazia è la peggiore forma di governo, eccezion fatta per tutte quelle che si sono sperimentate finora». Come dargli torto? La democrazia, in effetti, conosce debol……続きを見る

La guerra di Corea è stato un terribile evento bellico svoltosi nella penisola coreana dal 1950 al 1953.Più precisamente, è stata una parte della guerra fredda nella quale, alla fine della seconda g……続きを見る

Kim Jong-Un, 33 anni, dittatore della Corea del Nord, è il più giovane capo di Stato al mondo, e sicuramente uno dei più eccentrici, dispotici e controversi. I mini-ebook di Passerino Editore sono g……続きを見る

La brutalità del regime è qualcosa che va al di là di ogni possibile attesa, in Corea del Nord; un Paese, una dittatura, che è un incubo collettivo. Mass Games racconta la vita tremenda di un gruppo……続きを見る

In recent decades, Korean communication and media have substantially grown to become some of the most significant segments of Korean society. Since the early 1990s, Korea has experienced several dis……続きを見る

Two issues central to the transition from the Koryo to the Choson dynasty in fourteenth-century Korea were social differences in ruling elites and the decline of Buddhism, which had been the state r……続きを見る

Against the backdrop of China’s mounting influence and North Korea’s growing nuclear capability and expanding missile arsenal, South Korea faces a set of strategic choices that will shape its econom……続きを見る

How two opposing sides killed Korea in an effort to save it. You surely have heard something about the Korean War. Or the Forgotten War as some call it. But do you really know all that happened? Hav……続きを見る

How and why are the Kims rational? There is no consensus about either the Kims’ rationality or how best to determine if they are rational actors. Rationality in the North Korean Regime offers a conc……続きを見る

A Phenjani Műszaki Egyetem hallgatói – az észak-koreai uralkodó osztály gyermekei – naponta háromszor szabályos sorokban masíroznak az étkezőbe, Észak-Koreát és vezetőjét dicsőítő dalokat énekelve: ……続きを見る

This book offers new insight on how key historical texts and events in Korea's history have contributed to the formation of the nation's collective consciousness. The work is woven around the unifyi……続きを見る

This book is an English translation of the authoritative autobiography by the late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung. The 2000 Nobel Peace Prize winner, often called the Asian Nelson Mandela, is b……続きを見る