[State security & regime security: President Syngman Rhee & the insecurity dilemma in South Korea, 1953-1960]

From: International Journal | Date: October 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Yong-Pyo Hong

Oxford & New York: St Antony's Press/St Martin's, 2000, xii, 219 pp, US$65.00 (ISBN 0-312-217668)

Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), the first president of the Republic of Korea, was a major figure in modern Korean history. Hong engages the literature on how developing states deal with national security issues to explain Rhee's responses to perceived internal and external threats to his regime and to the Korean state. Pertinent use is made of material in the United States National Archives, and the book makes a useful contribution to our understanding of Korean security issues after ...

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