1st Edition

Korea versus Korea A Case of Contested Legitimacy

By Barry Gills Copyright 1996

    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 international relations.

    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.