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by Don Oberdorfer; Robert Carlin


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An acclaimed history of the Korean Peninsula from World War II to the present day North Korea is an impoverished, famine-ridden nation, but it is also a nuclear power whose dictator Kim Jong-un regularly threatens his neighbors and adversaries, the United States in particular, with destruction. Even though Kim and President Donald Trump's responses to him dominate the daily headlines, the idea that North Korea is a menace is not a new one. Indeed, 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, veteran journalist Don Oberdorfer and Korea expert Robert Carlin grippingly describe how a historically homogenous people became locked in a perpetual struggle for supremacy -- and how other nations including the United States have tried, and failed, to broker a lasting peace.

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  • Title The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History
  • Author Don Oberdorfer; Robert Carlin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 3 Rev Upd
  • Pages 560
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, U.S.A.
  • Date 2013-12-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780465031238 / 0465031234
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.5 in (23.11 x 14.99 x 3.81 cm)
  • Reading level 1480
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: East Asian
  • Library of Congress subjects Korea (South) - History, Korea (North) - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013030124
  • Dewey Decimal Code 951.904

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  • New York Times Book Review, 01/12/2014, Page 24

About the author

Don Oberdorfer wrote for the Washington Post for twenty-five years, and was later on the Chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He died in 2015. Robert Carlin is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University and former chief of the Northeast Asia Division in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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