Nation Building in South Korea: Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a Democracy (New Cold War History)

by Gregg Brazinsky (Author)

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  2009

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  South Koreans tailor American ideas about economic development and democracy. This study examines American nation building in South Korea during the Cold War. It explains why South Korea was one of the few postcolonial nations that achieved rapid economic development and democratization by the end of the twentieth century.