The Koreas - Paperback

by Charles K. Armstrong (Author)

The Koreas is a crisp, engaging primer of Korea and the Korean people in the contemporary world. This book is ideal for many courses in a variety of disciplines, including politics, history, international business, and Asian studies.

Author Biography

Charles K. Armstrong is Professor of History at Columbia University. He is the author of The North Korean Revolution, 1945 - 1950 and Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950 - 1992, and co-editor of Korea at the Center: Dynamics of Regionalism in Northeast Asia. He is also editor of Korean Society: Civil Society, Democracy and the State (Routledge: Second Edition, 2006).