Korea

"Korean unification is one of the most important issues on the international agenda today. Hart-Landsberg's broad-ranging inquiry develops a perspective that is rarely heard, and that merits careful attention. It is a valuable contribution to a debate that should not be delayed." --Noam Chomsky

Acknowledgments

8

(1)

Introduction

9

(9)

PART I: EMPIRE AND RESISTANCE

The United States and Korea

18

(25)

Bridging the Pacific: Historical Origins of Empire

18

(5)

The Japanese Challenge to U.S. Interests

23

(13)

U.S. Hegemony and Korea

36

(7)

The Korean Struggle for Independence and Democracy

43

(27)

Foreign Intervention and the Decline of the Choson Dynasty

43

(8)

Korea Under Japanese Rule

51

(3)

Korean Resistance

54

(4)

The Rise of the Left

58

(5)

Liberation

63

(7)

PART II: DIVISION AND WAR

From Occupation to Division

70

(20)

The South Under U.S. Occupation

70

(7)

The North Under Soviet Occupation

77

(4)

U.S.-Soviet Negotiations and the Division of Korea

81

(6)

The Road to Civil War

87

(3)

U.S. Foreign Policy and Korea, 1945--1950

90

(22)

Confining Soviet Influence

91

(2)

Constructing the Global Capitalist Economy

93

(6)

Restructuring Germany

99

(6)

Restructuring Japan

105

(7)

The Korean War

112

(28)

The Beginning of the War

113

(3)

Establishing Responsibility

116

(6)

The Nature of the War: Phase I

122

(3)

The Nature of the War: Phase II

125

(4)

The Nature of the War: Phase III

129

(4)

The Geneva Conference

133

(7)

PART III: FROM DIVISION TO REUNIFICATION

Divided Korea: The North Korean Experience

140

(34)

Kim II Sung and the Evolution of North Korean Socialism

141

(4)

The North Korean Economic Miracle

145

(3)

The End of the Economic Miracle

148

(4)

Economic Initiatives

152

(5)

U.S. Policy Toward North Korea

157

(9)

The Distorted Nature of North Korean Socialism

166

(8)

Divided Korea: The South Korean Experience

174

(35)

The Road to Military Dictatorship

175

(4)

Military Dictatorship and the Economic Miracle

179

(2)

Growth and Its Contradictions, 1961--1979

181

(8)

The Restoration of the South Korean Growth Model

189

(4)

Growth and Its Contradictions, 1980--1992

193

(3)

The Resurgence of the Left

196

(5)

South Korea at the Crossroads

201

(8)

The Challenge and Promise of Reunification

209

(30)

The German Reunification Experience

210

(6)

The Economic and Social Costs of German Absorption

216

(4)

The Evolution of South Korean Reunification Policy

220

(4)

Pursuing Reunification by Absorption

224

(2)

South Korean Economic Policy Toward the North

226

(2)

South Korean Policy Toward Japanese-North Korean Relations

228

(2)

South Korean Policy Toward U.S.-North Korean Relations

230

(3)

An Alternative Approach to Reunification

233

(6)

Notes

239

(15)

Index

254

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