The Park Chung Hee era : the transformation of South Korea / edited by Byung-Kook Kim and Ezra F. Vogel. - 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. - 744 p. ; 24 cm.

Originally published: 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [651]-736) and index.

State building: the Military Junta's path to modernity through administrative reforms -- The labyrinth of solitude: Park and the exercise of presidential power -- The origins of the Yushin Regime: Machiavelli unveiled -- The Chaebol -- Pohang Iron & Steel Company -- The Chaeya -- The Vietnam War: South Korea's search for national security -- Nation rebuilders: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Lee Kuan Yew, Deng Xiaoping, and Park Chung Hee -- Reflections on a reverse image: South Korea under Park Chung Hee and the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos -- Conclusion: the Post-Park Era. Part one. Born in a crisis. Part two. Politics. Part three. Economy and society. Part four. International relations. Part five. Comparative perspective.

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Park, Chung Hee, 1917-1979.


Comparative government--Case studies.


Korea (South)--Politics and government--1960-1988.