Worldmaking: the art and science of American diplomacy

Worldmaking is a compelling new take on the history of American diplomacy. Rather than ratelling the story of realism versus idealism, David Milme suggests that U.S. foreign policy has also been crucially divided between those who view statecraft as an art and those who believe it can aspire to the certainty of science. Worldmaking follows a cast of characters who built on one another’s idea…

Korean Spirituality

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978-0-8248-3257-5

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xvi+166 hlm.; 21 cm.; ilus.

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Facts About Korea

This handbook is helpful to those who wish to understand Korea, its land and people, at least the readers will come and visit this ”Dynamic Korea, the Hub of Asia.”

The Korean War: The Essential Bibliography

The book in the essential bibliography series include an essay by a noted scholar on the important historiographical issues and a pertinent bibliography for a particular period or theme in military history. They serve as research tools for librarians, researchers, and readers with a professional interest and as a starting point for pursuing futher studies.

The Korea That Was and Three Short Stories

This book content ”living on the Korean economy” as used in this book refers to my living in Korea like an average Korean. This meant my small apartment was Korean, as well as my food, drink, and friends.

Frommer’s South Korea

In this book, we can discover many wonderful places-hotels, restaurants, shops, and more. This book contains expert advice on exploring South Korea, including cultural insights, specialized itineraries, and a laguage glossary.

Facts About Korea

This handbook, briefly examining the history, people, culture, art, economy, society, sports and other aspects of Korea, attempts to present a concise overview of Korea’s time-honored legacy, modern achievements and the current direction of the Republic’s nation-building. This handbook is helpful to those who wish to understand Korea, its land and people.

North Korea under Kim Jong Il: From Consolidation to Systemic Dissonance

This book focuses not only upon regime change within North Korea, but also on the personal qualities of Kim Jong Il and his Father. It goes beyond the usual sort of political analysis to use systems principles. The result is the most comprehensive and valuable book on North Korea to date.

The Discovery of Korea

This book was made to give foreign readers an intact view of Korea, describe its identityand give insights into its internal beauty. This is reason the book is divided into history, nature, cultural heritages, art and tradition and cities.

Third Millenium of Korean History

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293 hlm.; 20 cm.

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951.95 YUN t

Korea Today

This book covers such diverse topics as Geographic setting, people and language, history, constitution and government, economy and industry, social development, foreign relations, religion and social life, arts and popular culture, and sports. It is our hope that this material will help foreign students and researchers in their overall understanding of Korea.

Seoul: A Window Into Korean Culture

This book is guide to Korea’s capital, Seoul. This book contains many photographs about Seoul. Seoul, the current capital city of South Korea, is an ancient city that boasts more than 600 years of rich history. There are few books written in English that are concerned with the traditional culture of Seoul. However, it is not easy to find a serious study written in English that explains to for…

Seoul

This book is guide to Korea’s capital, Seoul. Seoul is an energetic, pulsating city where the ancient and modern coexist in dramatic contrast. With its grand royal palaces, quaint old alleyways, ancient temples, colorful markets, neon shopping districts and verdant mountains, you’ll never run out of things to see and do. This guide will get you started.

New History of Korea

The books interpretation of the nations ancient history prior to the Three Kingdoms period is of a nature unacceptable by local academia. The book is translated despite such a fact to provide the readers with the full scope of information that is presented differently by various groups.

The Politics of Separation of The Korean Peninsula, 1943-1953

This book considers at its core a series of tragic Korean historical events as civil or internal conflicts and aims to reflect on Korea’s own historical mistakes and errors. In this respect, this study can be categorized as being re-revisionist. This book was written with the conviction that the Korean Peninsula was not divided by other, external powers but separated from within.

Marginality And Subversion In Korea: The Hong Kyongnae Rebellion of 1812

This book is the most extensive study in the English language of any of the major nineteenth century rebellions in Korea. Whereas previous research has focused on economic and landlord tenant tensions, suggesting that class animosity was the dominant feature in the political behavior of peasants, Sun Joo Kim explores the role of embittered local elites in providing vital support in the early st…

Visits To The Kings: Guidebook of Royal Tombs of The Joseon Dynasty

This Guidebook will help more people visit Joseon royal tombs are one of the most unique cultural heritages throughout the 519-year long dynasty. Readers will get a better understanding of their cultural and historic value of Joseon royal tombs. They aptly reflect its history, culture of death and descendents' solemn ritual ceremonies.

Overlooked Historical Records of the Three Korean Kingdoms

This book manly with materials related to the foundation of various old Korean kingdoms, to the factual history of the Silla Kingdom, and to the lives of famous Korean Buddhist monks. This book not only present various myths and legends that reveal the phases of Korean ancestors’ old social life, economy, culture, and thoughts, but also furnishes ample data on their traditional manners and cu…

Korean History: Discovery of Its Characteristics and Developments

This volume present 29 original articles carefully selected from the Korea Journal that cover all periods of Korean History. The articles, spanning various fields and chosen under the guidance of Professor Yi Tae-Jin, are arranged into five major periods: 1) Ancient, 2) Goryeo, 3) Joseon, 4) Modern, and 5) Colonial and Post-Liberation. Though the compilation aims to cover a wide range of fields…

The Partition of Korea After World War II: A Global History

Based on a careful examination of sources in Russian, English, and Korean, including new archival evidence from Moscow, this book seeks to provide this understanding. Taking into account not only the policies of the Soviet Union and the United States but also the roles played by the Koreans themselves, Jongsoo lee untangles the complex dynamics of the Korean partition, placing this partition in…