ABSTRACT
This study traces the historic course of diplomatic competition between the rival Koreas within the context of a changing international system. This innovative analysis focuses on the dynamic interaction of domestic and international political economies and their effects on the conduct of diplomacy. The result is a new interpretation of the importance of adaptability in determining success in international relations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |20 pages
International order, development and the adaptability of states
chapter |9 pages
The origins of the Korean Question
The failure of reform and the loss of sovereignty
chapter |23 pages
Liberation, partition and civil war
chapter |45 pages
South Korea's outward orientation, 1960–75
Rapid industrialisation and the vicissitudes of anti-communism
