Making of Modern Korea: A History FROM THE PUBLISHER
This text provides an accurate, balanced and readable history of Korea from 1909 to the present day. Key features of the book include:Comprehensive coverage of Korean History
Analysis of important contemporary developments
A comparative focus on both North and South Korea
Korea is examined within its regional context
A chronology and suggestions for further reading
This book is an invaluable one-volume resource for all students of modern Korean history.
FROM THE CRITICS
Hagen Koo
With extensive knowledge and shrewd insights, Adrian Buzo has written a lucid and highly informative account of political dynamics on Korean peninsula from the end of the 19th century to the present. Unlike most other books on Korea, Buzo tries to give as balanced a coverage of North and South Koreas as possible and takes the competitive north-south relationships as an organizing theme of his historical narrative. A welcome addition to the still skimpy literature on Korean society and a highly recommendable text for courses on Korea and on contemporary East Asia.
Robert A Scalapino
In elegant yet easily readable language, Adrian Buzo has set forth the saga of modern Korea - North and South - in a manner that should have a wide appeal. Students, instructors, and specialists as well will garner much food for thought from this extraordinarily comprehensive work.
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