From 1910 to the end of WWII, took control of the Korean peninsula and expressed the goal of assimilating the Korean people into the Japanese state through imperialistic models no different from France or the United Kingdom at the time. This work examines why the Japanese failed however, using primary sources to explain how Japanese rhetoric, segregation policies, political domination, granting Koreans few political rights, and other unequal institutions created a Korean resistance to the Japanese. Duncan, John B., Lee, Jung Chul, Lee, Jeong-il, Ahn, Michael, & Davey, Jack A. The Institutional Basis of Civil Governance in the Chosŏn Dynasty. Seoul: Seoul Selection, 2009. (DS913.35 .I57 2009) A study of how the Chosŏn dynasty ran a stable government for five hundred years prior to the modern concept of the nation-state. The book asserts the Chosŏn government embodied Confucian ideology and the political order avoided concentration of power in any one government apparatus. This book examines the Korean monarchy’s system of civilian governance, the Government Service Examinations that tested state officials on Confucian classics, maintaining the Annals of the Chosŏn dynasty, and the use of inspections and audits to curb tyranny from high ranking officials. Eckert, Carter J. Offspring of Empire: The Koch’ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism, 1876-1945. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991. () Eckert, a Professor of Korean History at Harvard, challenges the conventional view that Japanese colonialism of beginning in 1910 destroyed a young capitalist economy on the peninsula. While politically oppressive, Eckert argues that Japanese imperialism served as a catalyst for industrial development. Evans, James W. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama A Morning in June: Defending Outpost Harry. Press, 2010. (DS921.6 .E945 2010) In June, 1953 the Korean War was settled into a position near the original pre-war demarcation line between North and South Korea, with all sides fighting to win a peace and achieve the best military and diplomatic advantages going into negotiations at Panmunjom. Evans was part of the 5th Regiment that defended Outpost Harry, set on the front protecting a direct route to Seoul, as it survived two days of heavy Chinese assault that devolved into hand-to-hand combat in the final days of the war.
From 1910 to the end of WWII, took control of the Korean peninsula and expressed the goal of assimilating the Korean people into the Japanese state through imperialistic models no different from France or the United Kingdom at the time. This work examines why the Japanese failed however, using primary sources to explain how Japanese rhetoric, segregation policies, political domination, granting Koreans few political rights, and other unequal institutions created a Korean resistance to the Japanese. Duncan, John B., Lee, Jung Chul, Lee, Jeong-il, Ahn, Michael, & Davey, Jack A. The Institutional Basis of Civil Governance in the Chosŏn Dynasty. Seoul: Seoul Selection, 2009. (DS913.35 .I57 2009) A study of how the Chosŏn dynasty ran a stable government for five hundred years prior to the modern concept of the nation-state. The book asserts the Chosŏn government embodied Confucian ideology and the political order avoided concentration of power in any one government apparatus. This book examines the Korean monarchy’s system of civilian governance, the Government Service Examinations that tested state officials on Confucian classics, maintaining the Annals of the Chosŏn dynasty, and the use of inspections and audits to curb tyranny from high ranking officials. Eckert, Carter J. Offspring of Empire: The Koch’ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of Korean Capitalism, 1876-1945. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991. () Eckert, a Professor of Korean History at Harvard, challenges the conventional view that Japanese colonialism of beginning in 1910 destroyed a young capitalist economy on the peninsula. While politically oppressive, Eckert argues that Japanese imperialism served as a catalyst for industrial development. Evans, James W. A Morning in June: Defending Outpost Harry. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2010. (DS921.6 .E945 2010) In June, 1953 the Korean War was settled into a position near the original pre-war demarcation line between North and South Korea, with all sides fighting to win a peace and achieve the best military and diplomatic advantages going into negotiations at Panmunjom. Evans was part of the 5th Regiment that defended Outpost Harry, set on the front protecting a direct route to Seoul, as it survived two days of heavy Chinese assault that devolved into hand-to-hand combat in the final days of the war.
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