Format:
xxv, 934 Seiten :
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Illustrationen ;
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23 cm.
ISBN:
981-10-7622-7
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978-981-10-7622-0
Content:
This book is an English translation of the authoritative autobiography by the late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung. The 2000 Nobel Peace Prize winner, often called the Asian Nelson Mandela, is best known for his tolerant and innovative "Sunshine Policy" toward North Korea. Written in the five years between the end of his presidency and his death in 2009, this book offers a poignant first-hand account of Korea's turbulent modern history. It spans the pivotal timespan between the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945) and reconciliation in the Korean Peninsula (2000-2009). In between are insightful insider descriptions of everything from wars and dictatorships to the hopeful period of economic recovery, blooming democracy, peace, and reconciliation. Conscience in Action serves as an intimate record of the Korean people's persistent and heroic struggle for democracy and peace. It is also an inspiring story of an extraordinary individual whose formidable perserverance and selfless dedication to the values he believed in led him to triumph despite more than four decades of extreme persecution--back cover
Note:
Part I. Conscience in Action : 1. 1924-1959 -- 2. 1959-1970 -- 3. 1970-1972 -- 4. 1973-1980 -- 1980-1986 -- 6. 1986-1997 -- Part II. Life Is Beautiful and History Progresses : 7. December 1997-May 1998 -- 8. June 1998-December 1999 -- 9. January-June 2000 -- 10. June-December 2000 -- 11. December 2000-February 2003 -- 12. February 2003-2009 -- 13. Afterword to the Korean Edition -- Index
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
1925-2009 Kim, Tae-jung
;
Autobiografie
;
Biografie
Author information:
Lee, Hee-ho, 1922-2019
Author information:
Kim, Tae-jung, 1925-2009,
