Korea on the Brink : The 12/12 Incident to the Kwangju Uprising, 1979-1980

By Wickham, John A., Jr.

Book Id: WPLBN0000692003
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 18.42 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Korea on the Brink : The 12/12 Incident to the Kwangju Uprising, 1979-1980
Author:	Wickham, John A., Jr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Asian literature, Writing.
Collections:	e-Asia Digital Library Collection
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Publisher:	University of Oregon Libraries; e-Asia Digital Library


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Excerpt
Excerpt: FOREWORD; John Wickham is my friend, the sort of friend with whom an unbreakable bond is forged in a period of extreme testing, when one s true measure is taken General Colin Powell, who in his autobiography twice refers to General Wickham as my mentor, describes John as every inch a soldier. But John also brought other great skills to his career as a soldier. Korea on the Brink will serve as a valuable politico-military case study for students attending our war colleges, as well as an important resource for serious scholars pursuing research on a particularly eventful period in recent Korean history.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Foreword by Richard Holbrooke, xi -- Chapter One Death of a President, -- Setting the Stage, Initial U.S. Response, Intelligence Director as Assassin, Chun and the Road to Power, Assessing the Role of Commander in Chief -- Chapter Two Aftermath of the Assassination, . -- Return to Seoul, the North Korean Response, -Chun Takes Charge of the Investigation, Coordinating the In-Country Response, - -- The Investigators Report, A Meeting with the Minister, Visiting the Troops, Calm Before the Storm -- Chapter Three the 12/12 Incident, -- Chun's Secret Meeting, Events in the Bunker and at the Ministry of Defense, Power Consolidation and American Appeasement, the Birthday Card, -Glcysteem Meets with Chun, -An Insightful Discussion 53 -- vii