Truth and Reconciliation in South Korea (eBook, PDF)

Between the Present and Future of the Korean Wars
Redaktion: Suh, Jae-Jung

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This edited volume examines the potentials and dilemmas revealed in the work by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Korea to bring out silenced truths about the Korean War and achieve reconciliation within society.

This book was published as a special issue of Critical Asian Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135738204
• Artikelnr.: 57140813

Autorenporträt

Jae-Jung Suh is a political scientist who has worked on security issues over the Korean Peninsula, U.S. role in Asia's security, and collective memory in Northeast Asia. His publications include Power, Interest and Identity in Military Alliances (2007); Rethinking Security in East Asia: Identity, Power and Efficiency, co-editor (2004); and "Race to Judge, Rush to Act: The Sinking of the Cheonan and the Politics of National Insecurity", in Critical Asian Studies (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Truth and Reconciliation in South Korea: Confronting War,
Colonialism, and Intervention in the Asia Pacific 1. The Long Road toward
Truth and Reconciliation: Unwavering Attempts to Achieve Justice in South
Korea 2. Atrocities before and during the Korean War: Mass Civilian
Killings by South Korean and U.S. Forces 3. No Gun Ri: Official Narrative
and Inconvenient Truths 4. War Trauma, Memories, and Truths:
Representations of the Korean War in Pak Wan-so's Writings and in "Still
Present Pasts" 5. Politicizing Justice: Post-Cold War Redress and the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission