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The two Koreas : a contemporary history / Don Oberdorfer and Robert Carlin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, A member of the Perseus Books Group, c2014Edition: Revised and updated third editionDescription: xix, 519 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780465031238 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951.904 23 D7143
Summary: "Ever since Korea was first divided at the end of World War II, the tension between its northern and southern halves has riveted-and threatened to embroil-the rest of the world. In this landmark history, now thoroughly revised and updated in conjunction with Korea expert Robert Carlin, veteran journalist Don Oberdorfer grippingly describes how a historically homogenous people became locked in a perpetual struggle for supremacy-and how they might yet be reconciled"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Window on Korea Non-fiction 951.904 O122t (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2014 01 Available WOK000075
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-504) and index.

"Ever since Korea was first divided at the end of World War II, the tension between its northern and southern halves has riveted-and threatened to embroil-the rest of the world. In this landmark history, now thoroughly revised and updated in conjunction with Korea expert Robert Carlin, veteran journalist Don Oberdorfer grippingly describes how a historically homogenous people became locked in a perpetual struggle for supremacy-and how they might yet be reconciled"-- Provided by publisher.