Nation Building in South Korea: Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a Democracy PDF
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Nation Building in South Korea the new cold war history John Lewis Gaddis, editor Nation Building in South Korea and the of a Koreans, Americans, Making Democracy gregg brazinsky The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill ∫ 2007 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Designed by Kimberly Bryant Set in Adobe Jenson by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America This book was published with the generous assistance of the Korea Foundation. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brazinsky, Gregg. Nation building in South Korea : Koreans, Americans, and the making of a democracy / Gregg Brazinsky. p. cm. — (New cold war history) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8078-3120-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. United States—Foreign relations—Korea. 2. Korea— Foreign relations—United States. 3. Democracy— Korea—History—20th century. 4. Korea (South)— Politics and government. 5. Korea (South)—Economic conditions. I. Title. e183.8.k6b72 2007 327.7305195—dc22 2007000414 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 for my mother, Carol Weiner This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 [1] Security over Democracy 13 [2] Institution Building: Civil Society 41 [3] Institution Building: The Military 71 [4] Toward Developmental Autocracy 101 [5] Development over Democracy 127 [6] Engaging South Korean Intellectuals 163 [7] Molding South Korean Youth 189 [8] Toward Democracy 223 Conclusion 251 Notes 261 Bibliography 291 Index 303 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations A South Korean school reconstructed 48 through American assistance An American naval officer tutors his 81 South Korean counterpart An American officer supervises the 83 training of the rok Army The rok Army in the 1950s 103 A meeting between President John F. 121 Kennedy and South Korean president Park Chung Hee President Ronald Reagan embraces 242 South Korean president Chun Doo Hwan during his 1983 visit to South Korea
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