Reagan Faces Korea Alliance Politics and Quiet Diplomacy

This is a unique and definitive study to reassess the complex dynamics of US-Korea diplomatic relations during the Reagan presidency. It examines the goals, methods, and legacy of Reagan's policy toward Korea with emphasis on the realities of alliance politics and the tactics of quiet diplomacy. It questions a widely held view that Reagan showed simplistic, inattentive, and rigid approaches toward foreign affairs, arguing that his actual policy, as demonstrated in the Korea case, was more sophisticated, nuanced, and pragmatic than commonly assumed. Based on a vast amount of confidential diplomatic documents, especially in Korean, and interviews the author has conducted with US and Korean leaders, Lee sheds new light on Reagan's role in promoting democratization in South Korea as well as his engagement with North Korea.

A propos de l'auteur

Chae-Jin Lee is Bank of America Professor of Pacific Basin Studies and Professor of Government (Emeritus) at Claremont McKenna College, USA.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Chae-Jin Lee
• Edition: Springer, Berlin
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 10.12.2020
• Catégorie: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique
• EAN: 9783030305024
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3030502-4
• Nombre de pages: 278
• Illustrations: XV, 278 p.
• Dimensions (emballage): 14,8 x 1,5 x 21 cm
• Thème: The Evolving American Presidency
• Catégories: Amerikanische Geschichte, Amerika, Nixon, Carter, Rangoon, auseinandersetzen, Pragmatism, Realism, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie, Geschichte: Besondere Ereignisse und Themen, moralism, Southkorea, foreignpolicy, Foreignaffairs, RonaldReagan, NorthKorea, diplomatichistory, PresidentialLeadership, Democraticstruggle, KoreanPeninsula, ChunDooHwan, quietdiplomacy, KAL007, FerdinandMarcos, US-Korearelations