A fractured liberation : Korea under US occupation / Kornel Chang.

Author/creator Chang, Kornel, 1976- author.
Format Book
EditionFirst Belknap Press of Harvard University Press hardcover edition.
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2025.
Copyright Date©2025
Description284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Prologue : A Family Debate -- Introduction: Korea's Asian Spring -- Pursuing Liberation -- Fractures Appear -- The Race to Korea -- Reversing the Tide -- False Starts and Missed Opportunities -- Rising Up -- Taking a Shot at the Middle -- Searching for a Way Out -- Fighting over Separate Elections -- Strongman Rising -- Conclusion: Paths Not Taken.
Abstract "After liberation in 1945, Koreans erupted with hopes for reform that had been bottled up during forty years of Japanese imperial rule. Arguing that permanent North-South division was far from inevitable, Kornel Chang explores the movement for a unified Korean social democracy and its suppression by anticommunist US military authorities."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2024008850
ISBN9780674258433
ISBN0674258436 hardcover

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