Park Chung Hee and Modern Korea : : The Roots of Militarism, 1866–1945 /

Park Chung Hee and Modern Korea : : The Roots of Militarism, 1866–1945 / / Carter J. Eckert.

For South Koreans, the twenty years from the early 1960s to late 1970s were the best and worst of times—a period of unprecedented economic growth and of political oppression that deepened as prosperity spread. In this masterly account, Carter J. Eckert finds the roots of South Korea’s dramatic socio...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Eckert, Carter J.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]
©2016
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (440 p.) :; 36 halftones, 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Maps
  • Introduction
  • Part One. Contexts
  • 1. Militarizing Time: Waves of War
  • 2. Militarizing Minds: New Ideas of Army and Nation
  • 3. Militarizing Places and Persons: Academies and Cadets
  • Part Two. Academy Culture and Practice
  • 4. Politics and Status: Special Favor
  • 5. Politics and Power: A Singular Duty
  • 6. State and Society: Revolution, Reform, Control
  • 7. Tactics and Spirit: Certain Victory
  • 8. Order and Discipline: Joyful Submission
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Korean MMA Cadets by Class
  • Glossary of Names and Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Sources and Acknowledgments
  • Index

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