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by Henry Scott Stokes; Lily Xiao Lee


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The Kwangju Uprising that occurred in May 1980 is burned into the minds of South Koreans in much the same way that Tiananmen is burned into the minds of contemporary Chinese. As the world watched in horror following the assassination of President Park Chung Hee, student protesters were brutally suppressed by the military and police led by strongman Chun Doo Hwan. Kim Dae Jung, the current president of South Korea, was imprisoned and sentenced to death during this period.

This book recreates those earth-shaking events through eyewitness reports of leading Western correspondents on the scene as well as Korean participants and observers. Photographs, detailed street maps, and dramatic woodblock prints further illuminate the day-to-day drama to keep this atrocity alive in the conscience of the world.

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  • Title The Kwangju Uprising: A Miracle of Asian Democracy as Seen by the Western and the Korean Press: A Miracle of Asian Democracy as Seen by the
  • Author Henry Scott Stokes; Lily Xiao Lee
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 252
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2000-05-31
  • Features Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780765606365 / 0765606364
  • Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.23 x 6.29 x 0.91 in (23.44 x 15.98 x 2.31 cm)
  • Reading level 1040
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Korea (South) - Politics and government -, Kwangju Uprising, Kwangju-si, Korea, 1980
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00021813
  • Dewey Decimal Code 951.904

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2000, Page 32
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