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Author Clifford, Mark, 1957-

Title Troubled tiger : businessmen, bureaucrats, and generals in South Korea / Mark L. Clifford.

Imprint Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1994.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  338.95195 C612t    ---  Available
Description xiii, 357 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Note "An East gate book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-341) and index.
Contents Uneasy alliances -- Bone ranks, Buddhas, and slaves -- Economic warrior -- To build a nation -- The high priest of steel -- Yushin -- The big push -- Chaebol -- Slowdown -- The assassination -- Democracy denied -- Purification -- The crunch -- From reform to scandal -- To die in Rangoon -- Dangerous corner -- The big boom -- Shifting into overdrive -- Surrender -- Workers -- Purges and medals -- Coping with success -- Joining the big leagues.
Subject Korea (South) -- Economic policy.
Korea (South) -- Economic conditions -- 1948-1960.
Korea (South) -- Economic conditions -- 1960-1988.
Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 1948-1960.
Korea (South) -- Politics and government -- 1960-1988.
ISBN 1563243865
1563243873

 
    
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