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Using extensive documentation, this book examines how President Jimmy Carter's troop withdrawal and human rights policies —conceived in abstraction from East Asian realities —contributed to the demise of Korean President Park Chung Hee. The author suggests that some lessons are relevant beyond Korea, for example, in our treatment of human rights problems in China today.

Using extensive documentation, this book examines how President Jimmy Carter's troop withdrawal and human rights policies —conceived in abstraction from East Asian realities —contributed to the demise of Korean President Park Chung Hee.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments and a Note about Documents = ix

Chronology of Events = xiii

1 Introduction = 1

 Korea's Circumstances in 1979 = 2

 Internal Struggle Followed by Coherence in American Policy = 6

 Lessons for korea and perhaps other Countries = 7

2 U. S. Korean Relations before the Carter Administration = 9

3 The Carter Administration : Salt for korean Wounds = 17

 Withdrawal of U . S .Ground Forces = 20

 Target of Special concern : Human Rights = 30

4 The Carter - park Summit Meeting = 38

 Human Rights = 39

 Troop Withdrawals = 40

 Trilateral Meeting proposal =41

 The Summit Sessions = 45

 Dashed hopes = 51

5 President Part's Assassination and its Aftermath = 53

 Basic Events = 55

 America's Role in Park's Demise = 57

 Basic Considerations in the Evolution of U . S . Policy = 62

 The Immediate Aftermath of Park's Death = 66

6 Chun's Coup d'$$\acute E$$tat and Choi's interim Presidency = 7

 A Coup in All but Name = 78

 Bitter U . S .Protests = 82

 U. S. Policy Response = 86

 Pushing for Democratic Reform = 90

 Abortive Plans for a Counter-Coup = 97

7 False Optimism : The Seoul Spring = 99

8 Political Protests and Military Crackdown = 106

 Building Tension = 107

 Another Lunge by Chun = 108

 The U . S . Response = 109

 Protests Turn Militant = 112

 Massive Student - Point = 114

 The Breaking = 118

 Political Crackdown and Bitter U. S. Protest = 121

9 The Kwangju Uprising = 127

 Kwangju Rebels againt Military Brutality = 128

 U. S. Military Decisions = 131

 U. S. Government's Assessment of Kwangju = 134

 U. S. Officical Statements = 136

 U. S. Efforts to Seek Peaceful Settlement = 138

 Malicious Distrotions of U. S. Policy = 141

 Assessment = 142

10 The Ascension and Presidency of Chun Doo Hwan = 144

 The U. S. Response = 146

 Yet Another Review of U. S. Policy = 147

 Frustrating Dialogue with Chun = 152

 Censorship and Distortion of U. S. view = 158

 Chun Doo Hwan Replaces Choi Kyu Ha = 160

 The Nature of Chun's Regime = 169

11 The American Effort to Save Kim Dae Jung's Life = 171

 Contingency planning = 176

 Complications = 178

 Groping toward a Bargain = 182

 The Denoument = 185

Epilogue = 190

Appendix : Selected Telegrams on Korea in Crisis = 201

Glossary of People, Places, Institutions, and Functions = 225

Suggested Reading = 233

Index =235