Conscience in action : the autobiography of Kim Dae-jung /

Conscience in action : the autobiography of Kim Dae-jung /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kim, Dae Jung, 1925-2009, author.
Imprint:	[Singapore] : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019] ©2019
Description:	xxv, 934 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Kim, Dae Jung, -- 1925-2009. Kim, Dae Jung, -- 1925-2009. Presidents -- Korea (South) -- Biography. Politics and government. Presidents. Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 1988-2002. Korea (South) Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12526607

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Other authors / contributors:	Chŏn, Sŭng-hŭi, translator. Yi, Hŭi-ho, writer of foreword.
ISBN:	9811076227 9789811076220
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	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.

Table of Contents:

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.