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"Korean unification is one of the most important issues on the international agenda today. Hart-Landsberg's broad-ranging inquiry develops a perspective that is rarely heard, and that merits careful attention. It is a valuable contribution to a debate that should not be delayed."
--Noam Chomsky

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments = 8

Introduction = 9

PART Ⅰ : EMPIRE AND RESISTANCE

 1. THE UNITED STATES AND KOREA = 18

  Bridging the Pacific : Historical Origins of Empire = 18

  The Japanese Challenge to U.S. Interests = 23

  U.S. Hegemony and Korea = 36

 2. THE KOREAN STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE AND DEMOCRACY = 43

  Foreign Intervention and the Decline of the Choson Dynasty = 43

  Korea Under Japanese Rule = 51

  Korean Resistance = 54

  The Rise of the Left = 58

  Liberation = 63

PART Ⅱ : DIVISION AND WAR

 3. FROM OCCUPATION TO DIVISION = 70

  The South Under U.S. Occupation = 70

  The North Under Soviet Occupation = 77

  U.S.-Soviet Negotiations and the Division of Korea = 81

  The Road to Civil War = 87

 4. U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND KOREA, 1945-1950 = 90

  Confining Soviet Influence = 91

  Constructing the Global Capitalist Economy = 93

  Restructuring Germany = 99

  Restructuring Japan = 105

 5. THE KOREAN WAR = 112

  The Beginning of the War = 113

  Establishing Responsibility = 116

  The Nature of the War : Phase Ⅰ = 122

  The Nature of the War : Phase Ⅱ = 125

  The Nature of the War : Phase Ⅲ = 129

  The Geneva Conference = 133

PART Ⅲ : FROM DIVISION TO REUNIFICATION

 6. DIVIDED KOREA : THE NORTH KOREAN EXPERIENCE = 140

  Kim il sung and the Evolution of North Korean Socialism = 141

  The North Korean Economic Miracle = 145

  The End of the Economic Miracle = 148

  Economic Initiatives = 152

  U.S. Policy Toward North Korea = 157

  The Distorted Nature of North Korean Socialism = 166

 7. DIVIDED KOREA : THE SOUTH KOREAN EXPERIENCE = 174

  The Road to Military Dictatorship = 175

  Military Dictatorship and the Economic Miracle = 179

  Growth and Its Contradictions, 1961-1979 = 181

  The Restoration of the South Korean Growth Model = 189

  Growth and Its Contradictions, 1980-1992 = 193

  The Resurgence of the Left = 196

  South Korea at the Crossroads = 201

 8. THE CHALLENGE AND PROMISE OF REUNIFICATION = 209

  The German Reunification Experience = 210

  The Economic and Social Costs of German Absorption = 216

  The Evolution of South Korean Reunification Policy = 220

  Pursuing Reunification by Absorption = 224

  South Korean Economic Policy Toward the North = 226

  South Korean Policy Toward Japanese-North Korean Relations = 228

  South Korean Policy Toward U.S.-North Korean Relations = 230

  An Alternative Approach to Reunification = 233

Notes = 239

Index = 254