Gi-Wook Shin, "One Alliance, Two Lenses: U.S.-Korea Relations in a New Era "
English | ISBN: 0804763682 | 2010 | 296 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 0804763682 | 2010 | 296 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
One Alliance, Two Lenses examines U.S.-Korea relations in a short but dramatic period (1992–2003) that witnessed the end of the Cold War, South Korea's full democratization, inter-Korean engagement, two nuclear crises, and the start of the U.S. war on terror. These events have led to a new era of challenges and opportunities for U.S.-South Korea (ROK) relations.
Based on analysis of newly collected data from major American and Korean newspapers, this book argues that the two allies have developed different lenses through which they view their relationship. Shin argues that U.S.-ROK relations, linked to the issue of national identity for Koreans, are largely treated as a matter of policy for Americans―a difference stemming from each nation's relative power and role in the international system.
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