1st Edition

Korea versus Korea A Case of Contested Legitimacy

By Barry Gills Copyright 1996
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

This study traces the historic course of diplomatic competition between the rival Koreas within the context of a changing international system. This innovative analysis focuses on the dynamic interaction of domestic and international political economies and their effects on the conduct of diplomacy. The result is a new interpretation of the importance of adaptability in determining success in... Read more
Chapter 1 International order, development and the adaptability of states; Chapter 2 The origins of the Korean Question; Chapter 3 Liberation, Part ition and civil war; Chapter 4 Breaking out of dependence?; Chapter 5 Post-war reconstruction in South Korea; Chapter 6 North Korean diplomacy, 1960–75; Chapter 7 South Korea's outward orientation, 1960–75; Chapter 8 The triumph of ‘economic diplomacy’; Chapter 9 Conclusions;

Biography

B.K. Gills is Lecturer in International Politics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.