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This revised edition examines North and South Korea's political,
socio-economic, and cultural history from the Neolithic period to
the early 21st century, including issues of recent political unrest
and preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Korea continues to
be featured in the news, especially after the succession of Kim
Jong-un as leader of North Korea and his threats of nuclear attack.
Yet the reported instability of the North is contrasted by the
rapid modernization revolution of the South. Author Djun Kil Kim
analyzes how tragic experiences in the regions' collective
history-particularly Japanese colonial rule and the division of the
country-have contributed to the dichotomous state of affairs in the
Koreas. This comprehensive overview traces the development of two
contradistinctive nations-North and South Korea-with communism in
the north and democracy and industrialization in the south
transforming the geopolitical and geo-economic condition of each
area. Author Kim explores specific doctrines that revolutionized
Korea: Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism in the mid-7th and the late
14th centuries; and communism and American functionalism in the
20th century. The second edition includes an updated timeline, new
biographical sketches of notable people, and an additional chapter
covering the events of 2004 through the present day. Includes an
expanded bibliography with additional print and electronic sources
Provides updated accounts of both North and South Korea's more
recent events that enable readers to grasp the global significance
and power of both nations
This title provides a succinct, readable, and comprehensive
treatment of how the Obama administration reacted to what was
arguably the most difficult foreign policy challenge of its eight
years in office: the Arab Spring. As a prelude to examining how the
United States reacted to the first wave of the Arab Spring in the
21st century, this book begins with an examination of how the U.S.
reacted to revolution in the 19th and 20th centuries and a summary
of how foreign policy is made. Each revolution in the Arab Spring
(in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Bahrain, and Yemen) and the Obama
administration's action-or inaction-in response is carefully
analyzed. The U.S.' role is compared to that of regional powers,
such as Turkey, Israel, and Iran. The impact of U.S. abdication in
the face of pivotal events in the region is the subject of the
book's conclusion. While other treatments have addressed how the
Arab Spring revolutions have affected the individual countries
where these revolutions took place, U.S. foreign policy toward the
Middle East, and President Barack Obama's overall foreign policy,
this is the only work that provides a comprehensive examination of
both the Arab Spring revolutions themselves and the reaction of the
U.S. government to those revolutions. Stands as the only academic
book that specifically considers U.S. foreign policy with regard to
the Arab Spring Presents the Arab Spring as a pivotal event, the
U.S. reaction as a watershed, and an understanding of this
interplay as vital to understanding international politics in our
time Traces the often roundabout paths to the creation of U.S.
policy during the Arab Spring and examines the effects of those
policies Serves as an essential text for academics studying the
Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, the progress of revolution, and
politics in the developing world; policymakers wishing to
understand how the Obama administration dealt with the most complex
crisis of its eight years; and interested readers
This book is an intimate account of an ordinary individual's
extraordinary life journey that transcends both cultural and social
boundaries. Th e author was born and lived in Korea during his
formative years, and has been living in the United States for the
following 47 years. Th is individual's unique story of his
environment is informative and his approach to his life time
challenges highlights every passage of the book. Th e book is
thoughtprovoking as well as enlightening...a rare gem in its
subject, style, and exposition. This book enlightens and entertains
its readers at the same time eff ortlessly.
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This collection of essays offers a comprehensive study of the
impact of cultural life and intellectual thought on society in
Medieval India. Doubtless, if the impact of interaction between the
followers of Hindu and Islamic traditions of culture under the Arab
and Ghaznavid rulers remained confined, to Sind and the Panjab from
the eighth to the twelfth centuries AD, the Ghurian conquest of
north India led to far-reaching socio-political changes in the
subcontinent. The scientific instruments and devices that found
their way with the emigrants from the neighbouring countries after
the foundation of the sultanate in the beginning of the thirteenth
century became the accompaniments of civilised life and generated
new components of elite culture. The essays in this volume shift
the focus from the pre-occupation with battles and court politics
that dominate the studies of the period and help us understand the
complex social phenomena. The essays arranged are first concerned
with intellectual life and thought and then come those that deal
with literary works containing historical information of
supplementary and corroborative importance. The works analysed not
only cast light on currents and cross currents resulting from the
role played by the elite but also open new vistas for further
investigation. The discovery of new sources is of methodological
significance as they provide insights into certain aspects not much
known. The contributors are scholars of eminence and belong to
India, England, USA and Australia.
Ten years after the end of the Gulf War, the conflict continues
with unresolved questions about economic sanctions and IraQ's
participation in the oil export system. A specialist in Middle
Eastern politics and an intelligence officer, Pelletiere covered
the Iran-Iraq War as well as the subsequent Gulf conflict. He
argues that IraQ's victory over Iran in 1988 gave the nation the
capability of becoming a regional superpower with a strong say in
how the Gulf's oil reserves were managed. Because the United States
could not tolerate an ultranationalist state with the potential to
destabilize the world's economy, war then became inevitable.
This study examines the rise of the international oil system
from the 1920s when the great cartel was formed. Comprised of seven
companies, it was designed to ensure their continued control over
the world's oil supplies. When the companies lost control with the
OPEC revolution in 1973, the United States moved into the realm of
Gulf politics with the goal of protecting the world economy.
Pelletire details how Saddam Hussein unwillingly precipitated the
Gulf crisis and why the conflict is not likely to be resolved
soon-or peacefully.
The Sasanians were the last of the ancient Persian dynasties, and
the preeminent practitioners of the Zoroastrian religion. From its
foundation by Ardashir I in 224 CE the Sasanian Empire was the
dominant force in the region for several centuries until its last
king, Yasdegerd III, was defeated by the Muslim Arabs in the 7th
century. In this clear and comprehensive new book, Touraj Daryaee
provides an unrivalled account of Sasanian Persia. Using new
sources, he paints a vivid portrait of the empire's often neglected
social history and examines the development of its political and
administrative institutions. The author also explores, for the
first time in an integrated book on the Sasanians, their
descendants' attempts for more than a century after their defeat to
establish a second state. "Sasanian Persia" is a unique examination
of a period of history that still has great significance for a full
understanding of modern Iran.
This study examines how China has developed a diplomatic mechanism
to expand its international influence through the establishment of
strategic partnerships. These strategic partnerships have sparked a
debate among analysts. On the one hand, some optimistic studies
applaud the win-win objective of China's foreign policy and portray
China as a successful model for developing countries. On the other
hand, more skeptical studies depict China as a rising imperial
power that represents a competitive threat to Latin America. This
book focuses on China's strategic partnerships with Argentina,
Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela within the oil sector. It stresses
how Chinese strategic partnerships with each of these four
countries have diverged across cases over time (1991-2015). The
study finds that the strategic partnerships are asymmetrical in
which China benefits more than four Latin American countries in a
variety of aspects. I suggest Latin American countries to push for
greater diversification of export agenda toward China, to develop
new productive partnerships beyond traditional sectors and to
increase the competitiveness of firms. Meanwhile, China's
diplomatic actions toward Latin America are more than likely to
result in forms of change, particularly across my four country
cases, and where strategic partnerships are concerned.
While serving as a crew chief aboard a U.S. Air Force Rescue
helicopter, Airman First Class William A. Robinson was shot down
and captured in Ha Tinh Province, North Vietnam, on September 20,
1965. After a brief stint at the "Hanoi Hilton," Robinson endured
2,703 days in multiple North Vietnamese prison camps, including the
notorious Briarpatch and various compounds at Cu Loc, known by the
inmates as the Zoo. No enlisted man in American military history
has been held as a prisoner of war longer than Robinson. For seven
and a half years, he faced daily privations and endured the full
range of North Vietnam's torture program. In The Longest Rescue:
The Life and Legacy of Vietnam POW William A. Robinson, Glenn
Robins tells Robinson's story using an array of sources, including
declassified U.S. military documents, translated Vietnamese
documents, and interviews from the National Prisoner of War Museum.
Unlike many other POW accounts, this comprehensive biography
explores Robinson's life before and after his capture, particularly
his estranged relationship with his father, enabling a better
understanding of the difficult transition POWs face upon returning
home and the toll exacted on their families. Robins's powerful
narrative not only demonstrates how Robinson and his fellow
prisoners embodied the dedication and sacrifice of America's
enlisted men but also explores their place in history and memory.
How should failed states in Africa be understood? Catherine Scott
here critically engages with the concept of state failure and
provides an historical reinterpretation. She shows that, although
the concept emerged in the context of the post-Cold War new world
order, the phenomenon has been attendant throughout (and even
before) the development of the Westphalian state system.
Contemporary failed states, however, differ from their historical
counterparts in one fundamental respect: they fail within their
existing borders and continue to be recognised as something that
they are not. This peculiarity derives from international norms
instituted in the era of decolonisation, which resulted in the
inviolability of state borders and the supposed universality of
statehood. Scott argues that contemporary failed states are, in
fact, failed post-colonies. Thus understood, state failure is less
the failure of existing states and more the failed rooting and
institutionalisation of imported and reified models of Western
statehood. Drawing on insights from the histories of Uganda and
Burundi, from pre-colonial polity formation to the present day, she
explores why and how there have been failures to create effective
and legitimate national states within the bounds of inherited
colonial jurisdictions on much of the African continent.
This book explores the history and agendas of the Young Men's
Christian Association (YMCA) through its activities in South Asia.
Focusing on interactions between American 'Y' workers and the local
population, representatives of the British colonial state, and a
host of international actors, it assesses their impact on the
making of modern India. In turn, it shows how the knowledge and
experience acquired by the Y in South Asia had a significant impact
on US foreign policy, diplomacy and development programs in the
region from the mid-1940s. Exploring the 'secular' projects
launched by the YMCA such as new forms of sport, philanthropic
efforts and educational endeavours, The YMCA in Late Colonial India
addresses broader issues about the persistent role of religion in
global modernization processes, the accumulation of American soft
power in Asia, and the entanglement of American imperialism with
other colonial empires. It provides an unusually rich case study to
explore how 'global civil society' emerged in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries, how it related to the prevailing imperial
world order, and how cultural specificities affected the ways in
which it unfolded. Offering fresh perspectives on the historical
trajectories of America's 'moral empire', Christian
internationalism and the history of international organizations
more broadly, this book also gives an insight into the history of
South Asia during an age of colonial reformism and decolonization.
It shows how international actors contributed to the shaping of
South Asia's modernity at this crucial point, and left a lasting
legacy in the region.
Between 1955 and 1956 the Government of India passed four Hindu Law
Acts to reform and codify Hindu family law. Scholars have
understood these acts as a response to growing concern about
women's rights but, in a powerful re-reading of their history, this
book traces the origins of the Hindu law reform project to changes
in the political-economy of late colonial rule. The Hindu Family
and the Emergence of Modern India considers how questions regarding
family structure, property rights and gender relations contributed
to the development of representative politics, and how, in solving
these questions, India's secular and state power structures were
consequently drawn into a complex and unique relationship with
Hindu law. In this comprehensive and illuminating resource for
scholars and students, Newbigin demonstrates the significance of
gender and economy to the history of twentieth-century democratic
government, as it emerged in India and beyond.
China and Russia are rising economic and political powers that
share thousands of miles of border. Despite their proximity, their
interactions with each other - and with their third neighbour
Mongolia - are rarely discussed. Although the three countries share
a boundary, their traditions, languages and worldviews are
remarkably different. Frontier Encounters presents a wide range of
views on how the borders between these unique countries are
enacted, produced, and crossed. It sheds light on global
uncertainties: China's search for energy resources and the
employment of its huge population, Russia's fear of Chinese
migration, and the precarious independence of Mongolia as its
neighbours negotiate to extract its plentiful resources. Bringing
together anthropologists, sociologists and economists, this timely
collection of essays offers new perspectives on an area that is
currently of enormous economic, strategic and geo-political
relevance.
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