Nation Building in South Korea: Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a Democracy

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Nation Building in South Korea the new cold war history John Lewis Gaddis, editor Nation Building in South Korea Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a 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 ...