Descripción
Using extensive documentation, this book examines how President Jimmy Carter's troop withdrawal and human rights policies--conceived in abstraction from East Asian realities--contributed to the demise of Korean President Park Chung Hee. The author suggests that some lessons are relevant beyond Korea, for example, in our treatment of human rights problems in China today.
"Author: William Gleysteen
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 11/30/2000
Pages: 268
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.03h x 6.06w x 0.77d
ISBN13: 9780815731696
ISBN10: 0815731698
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
- Political Science | International Relations | Diplomacy
- Political Science | Human Rights
About the Author
William H. Gleysteen Jr., a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, served as U.S. Ambassador to Korea during the Carter administration. Born and raised in Beijing, China, he spent three decades as a career foreign service officer assigned to Taipei, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Seoul. Among his Washington assignments, he served as deputy assistant secretary for East Asian affairs as well as senior staff member for East Asia in the National Security Council. After leaving government service, he was president of the Japan Society in New York (1989-95).