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Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations (The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures Book 14) eBook : Westad, Odd Arne: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store

Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations (The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures Book 14) eBook : Westad, Odd Arne: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store




Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations (The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures Book 14)
by Odd Arne Westad (Author) Format: Kindle Edition


4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (30)

From an award-winning historian, a concise overview of the deep and longstanding ties between China and the Koreas, providing an essential foundation for understanding East Asian geopolitics today.

In a concise, trenchant overview, Odd Arne Westad explores the cultural and political relationship between China and the Koreas over the past 600 years.

Koreans long saw China as a mentor. The first form of written Korean employed Chinese characters and remained in administrative use until the twentieth century. Confucianism, especially Neo-Confucian reasoning about the state and its role in promoting a virtuous society, was central to the construction of the Korean government in the fourteenth century. These shared Confucian principles were expressed in fraternal terms, with China the older brother and Korea the younger. During the Ming Dynasty, mentor became protector, as Korea declared itself a vassal of China in hopes of escaping ruin at the hands of the Mongols. But the friendship eventually frayed with the encroachment of Western powers in the nineteenth century. Koreans began to reassess their position, especially as Qing China seemed no longer willing or able to stand up for Korea against either the Western powers or the rising military threat from Meiji Japan. The Sino-Korean relationship underwent further change over the next century as imperialism, nationalism, revolution, and war refashioned states and peoples throughout Asia. Westad describes the disastrous impact of the Korean War on international relations in the region and considers Sino-Korean interactions today, especially the thorny question of the reunification of the Korean peninsula.

Illuminating both the ties and the tensions that have characterized the China-Korea relationship, Empire and Righteous Nation provides a valuable foundation for understanding a critical geopolitical dynamic.
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A smart and engaging work, with a provocative, sweeping narrative that is a pleasure to read. Anyone interested in Sino–Korean relations and the current standoff on the peninsula would be well advised to start with this book. -- Andre Schmid, author of Korea Between Empires, 1895–1919

In this incisive and engaging overview, Westad offers a new framework for understanding China and Korea that weaves their interconnected histories together in a concise, thoughtful way. The themes of ‘empire’ and ‘righteous nation’ offer some excellent insights into both the differences between the two countries and their long, complex relationship. -- Gregg Brazinsky, author of Nation Building in South Korea

Westad offers a sweeping historical overview of what is arguably the most important relationship in Asia today, that between China and the Korean Peninsula. How that relationship is managed and plays out in the coming years is central to questions of national and regional interests as well as to global issues of war and peace. Unique in its broad perspective and engagingly written, this is a timely must-read primer on the China–Korea relationship in its longue durée and its impact on and implications for our world today. -- Carter J. Eckert, author of Park Chung Hee and Modern Korea

The relationship between China and Korea is one of the most important, and least understood, in Asia. With the wisdom and clarity we have come to expect from Westad, this book illuminates the long history of these two neighbors. He tells a story both of closeness brought about by Confucianism and Communism and of prickliness that comes from two fierce and rival nationalisms, providing compelling insights on the future of this volatile partnership. -- Rana Mitter, author of China’s Good War

Valuable and wide-ranging…As two thousand years of history have shown, China’s role in Korea is a complex one. Westad’s short and stimulating study provides many clues to understanding that relationship. -- J. E. Hoare ― Literary Review
About the Author
Odd Arne Westad is Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University. A fellow of the British Academy, he is the author of Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750 and The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times, which won the Bancroft Prize.

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I loved reading this book! Totally recommend it to everyone. The author is brilliant. 600 years of history is covered in 200 pages, yet, the information provided and the arguments are deep.

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The Making of the First Korean President: Syngman Rhee’s Quest for Independence eBook : Lew, Young Ick: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store

The Making of the First Korean President: Syngman Rhee’s Quest for Independence eBook : Lew, Young Ick: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store






The Making of the First Korean President: Syngman Rhee’s Quest for Independence
by Young Ick Lew (Author) Format: Kindle Edition


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The only full-scale history of Syngman Rhee’s (1875–1965) early career in English was published nearly six decades ago. Now, in The Making of the First Korean President, Young Ick Lew uncovers little-known aspects of Rhee’s leadership roles prior to 1948, when he became the Republic of Korea’s first president. In this richly illustrated volume, Lew delves into Rhee’s background, investigates his abortive diplomatic missions, and explains how and why he was impeached as the head of the Korean Provisional Government in 1925. He analyzes the numerous personal conflicts between Rhee and other prominent Korean leaders, including some close friends and supporters who eventually denounced him as an autocrat.

Rhee is portrayed as a fallible yet charismatic leader who spent his life fighting in the diplomatic and propaganda arena for the independence of his beleaguered nation—a struggle that would have consumed and defeated lesser men. Based on exhaustive research that incorporates archival records as well as secondary sources in Korean, English, and Japanese, The Making of the First Korean President meticulously lays out the key developments of Rhee’s pre-presidential career, including his early schooling in Korea, involvement in the reform movement against the Taehan (“Great Korean”) Empire, and his six-year incarceration in Seoul Prison for a coup attempt on Emperor Kojong. Rhee’s life in the U.S. is also examined in detail: his education at George Washington, Harvard, and Princeton universities; his evangelical work at the Seoul YMCA; his extensive activities in Hawai‘i and attempts to maintain prestige and power among Koreans in the U.S. Lew concludes that, despite the manifold shortcomings in Rhee’s authoritarian leadership, he was undoubtedly best prepared to assume the presidency of South Korea after the onset of the Cold War in the Korean Peninsula.

Essential reading for anyone with an interest in modern Korean history, this work will serve as a lasting portrait of one of the pivotal figures in the evolution of Korea as it journeyed from colonial suppression to freedom and security.
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The debate over Syngman Rhee’s legacy is far from over. As this richly detailed biography demonstrates, the historical record should recognize Rhee’s tireless efforts to achieve Korea’s independence before he became president of the Republic of Korea (ROK). . . . Scholars and laymen alike will find The Making of the First Korean President a foundational study of Rhee’s first 73 years. It is the story of a scholar, a Christian, an educator, a diplomat, a patriot, an autocrat—and an imperfect human being. — Journal of American-East Asian Relations

Relying on newly available sources, such as Rhee’s own correspondence, telegrams, speeches, interview records, essays, poems (many of which are in English or classical Chinese), and interviews with Rhee’s surviving friends and colleagues, the author meticulously traces Rhee’s life from birth to 1948. The book also contains numerous photos of Rhee and the individuals and events discussed. — Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries

Young Ick Lew’s timely study, The Making of the First Korean President (2014), offers a rich biographical portrait of the first ROK president. . . . Lew offers here a deeply researched vision of Rhee as a flawed, complex individual capable of great achievement and ambition, as well as someone equally skilled at becoming mired in controversy, engaging with factions and intrigue. — Pacific Affairs
About the Author
Young Ick Lew is a former Chair Professor of Korean Studies at the Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University in Seoul, and currently teaches modern Korean history at the National Defense University in Koyang as its first Chair Professor. He graduated from Seoul National University with a BA in Political Science and received a PhD in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University in 1972. He served as the president of the Korean Historical Association (1991-1992), the founding director of the Institute for Modern Korean Studies at Yonsei University (1997-2001), and the president of the National Institute of Korean History (2013-2015). He is a member of the governing council of the Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch. He has written a number of books and articles on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Korean history, notably on Dr. Syngman Rhee, the first president of the Republic of Korea. He is the author of Syngman Rhee’s Life and Dreams(Seoul: Chungang Ilbosa, 1996), Youthful Syngman Rhee: A Study on His Activities and Writings in the Seoul Prison, 1899-1904(Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 2002) and The Founding President of the Republic of Korea: New Views on Syngman Rhee’s Career, Thoughts and Accomplishments(Seoul: Ilchokak, 2013). He authored Early Korean Encounters with the United States and Japan(Seoul: Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch, 2008) and co-authored Korea: Old and New: A History(Seoul: Ilchokak for Korea Institute, Harvard University, 1990) in English. He was the editor-in-chief of The Ihwa House Collection of Syngman Rhee Materials in East Asian Languages. 18 vols. (Seoul: Chungang Ilbosa and Institute for Modern Korean Studies, Yonsei University) and the editor of The Syngman Rhee Correspondence in English, 1904-1948, 8 vols. (Seoul: Institute for Modern Korean Studies, Yonsei University, 2009). He has received many awards, including the Kyung-Ahm Prize in Arts and Sciences (2006), for his academic contributions.


Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Hawaii Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 30 November 2016


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5 out of 5 starsSyngman Rhee's life in detail from his archives
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In the author's preface, when he was younger he stated that he had only seen President Rhee a dictator. Koreans who lived Rhee's presidency views him differently. He was the person who brought liberal democracy, free market, anti-communism, free education , vote rights for men and women... for the first time in Korean history. Unlike what he wrote in the preface, the author seems to closely follow Rhee's life using his vast archives and referencing to other materials. So far I'm enjoying it and have started the journey to better learn about this great man, Syngman Rhee.
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Robert T. Oliver - Wikipedia

Robert T. Oliver - Wikipedia

Robert T. Oliver

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Robert T. Oliver
Born
Robert Tarbell Oliver

July 7, 1909
Sweet Home, Oregon, United States
DiedMay 29, 2000 (aged 90)
Chestertown, Maryland
Occupation
  • Distinguished professor
  • researcher
  • educator
  • speech writer
  • consultant
LanguageEnglish
Education
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
SubjectRhetorical Communication, International Communication, Intercultural Communication
Notable worksCulture and Communication, Communication and Culture in Ancient India and China, Leadership in Asia
SpousePauline Shivery

Robert Tarbell Oliver (July 7, 1909 – May 29, 2000) was an American writer, lecturer, and an authority on public speaking, argumentation and debate, and Asian rhetorical traditions.

Biography

Oliver was born in Sweet Home, Oregon. He graduated from Pacific University. He received his M.A. from the University of Oregon in 1933 and earned his Ph.D. in speech from the University of Wisconsin in 1936. He served as assistant director of the Victory Speakers Bureau in the Office of Civilian Defense in Washington, D.C., during World War II. He was also chief of the National Food Conservation Office in the War Foods Department.

Oliver was appointed professor and chair of the Department of Speech at Pennsylvania State University in 1949. He then became an adviser to President Syngman Rhee. By special arrangement, he continued to serve the Korean government in that capacity while he was at Pennsylvania State University. He also taught Clark Junior College, Bradley College, Bucknell University, and Syracuse University.[1]

Oliver retired as research professor emeritus of international speech in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University in 1970. He served as president of the National Communication Association in 1964, president of the Eastern Communication Association in 1967, and president of the Pennsylvania State Communication Association.

Oliver was a pioneering scholar[2] in the study of Asian rhetorics and communication. He authored more than 50 books on international rhetoric, intercultural communication, and Asian history.

The East is not the West. Cultures differ, and minds, feelings, and intentions in differing societies intermesh in differing ways. Discourse occurs, or is constrained, under different circumstances and has different styles for different reasons. . . . Any attempt to discover in Asia prototypes of the Western rhetorical canons would be unavailing. It would resemble trying to measure the salinity of water with a ruler.[3]

Asian interest and influence

He has for many years made a study of Korea, and was a close friend and associate of Syngman Rhee, and served as an adviser to President Rhee in Korea, and to the Korean Commission and the Korean Delegation to the United Nations Since 1947 he has managed the Washington Bureau.of the Korean Pacific Press and was the editor of the monthly magazine Korean Survey[4]

According to Robert Shuter, "For over sixty years, Dr. Oliver wrote prolifically about the impact of culture on rhetoric and communication. Although Dr. Oliver rarely used the words intercultural communication in his writings, which were voluminous, he contributed greatly to the development of the field." He stated that "Dr. Oliver’s landmark Asian research, which began around 1942, influenced a generation of communication researchers in many specialties including intercultural communication."[5]

Bibliography

  • Oliver, R. T. (1939). Training for effective speech. New York: Cordon.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1942). Psychology of persuasive speech. New York: Longmans, Green & Co.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1944). Korea: Forgotten nation. Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1945). Effective speech notebook. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1946). Four who spoke out: Burke, Fox, Sheridan, Pitt. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1950). Persuasive speaking: Principles and methods. New York: Longmans, Green & Co.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1950). Why war came in Korea. New York: Fordham University Press.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1951). The truth about Korea. London: Putman.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1952). Verdict in Korea. State College, PA: Bald Eagle Press.
  • Oliver, R. T. (Ed.). (1953). Korea, my country by Yung Tai Pyun. Washington, DC: Library of International Speech, Korean Pacific Press.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1954). Syngman Rhee: The man behind the myth. New York: Dodd Mead.[6]
  • Oliver, R. T. (1962). Culture and communication: The problem of penetrating national and cultural boundaries. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1971). Communication and culture in ancient India and China. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1989). Leadership in Asia: Persuasive communication in the making of nations, 1850-1950. Newark, NJ: University of Delaware Press.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1993). A history of the Korean people in modern times: 1800 to the present. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press.
  • Oliver, R. T. (1997). The way it was–All the way: A documentary accounting. Washington, DC: National Communication Association (originally published in Communication Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 1–130).
  • Oliver, R. T., & Cortright, R. L. (1946/1952). The new training for effective speech. New York: Dryden Press.
  • Oliver, R. T., & Robbins, H. L. (1943). Developing ideas into essays and speeches. New York: Longman.
  • Oliver, R. T., Zelko, H. P., & Hickey, D. C. (1949). Essentials of communicative speech. New York: Holt, Rhinehart & Winston.
About Robert T. Oliver

References

  1.  Guide to the Robert T. Oliver Papers, 1949-1970, Pennsylvania State University Libraries http://www.libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1086.htm
  2.  Berquist, Goodwin (1990). "The Rhetorical Travels of Robert T. Oliver". Rhetoric Review. 9 (1): 173–183. doi:10.1080/07350199009388923. JSTOR 465429.
  3.  Robert T. Oliver, Communication and Culture in Ancient India and China, Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1971, p. 3.
  4.  Far East Interest detail taken from the rear of the dustwrapper of a copy of a hardback published by Robert Hale London edition - First published in 1955
  5.  Robert Shuter, "Robert T. Oliver: Trailblazer in Intercultural Communication," China Media Research, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 121 & 124.
  6.  Bibliographic detail taken from a hardback copy of Syngman Rhee which is illustrated and first published by Robert Hale London in 1955

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Neutrality as Influenced by the United States : a Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy / by Syngman 1912 [Leather Bound] by Syngman Rhee | Goodreads

Neutrality as Influenced by the United States : a Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy / by Syngman 1912 [Leather Bound] by Syngman Rhee | Goodreads
Neutrality as Influenced by the United States : a Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy / by Syngman 1912 

Syngman Rhee

Neutrality as influenced by the United States : a dissertation presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy / by Syngman Rhee 1912 
134 pages, 

Published January 1, 2022
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NEUTRALITY AS INFLUENCED BY THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER 1.
HISTORY OF NEUTRALITY DOWN TO 1776 A.D.
I. Historical Introduction.
Opinion of Text-writers.
II. Freedom of Neutral Commerce.
A. Ownership of Goods and of Vessel.
Holland, France, Spain, Russia, Prussia and Great Britain.
B. Limitations of Neutral Commerce.
Contraband of War.
Blockade.
Right of Visit and Search.
III. Neutral Jurisdiction.
CHAPTER 2
HISTORY OF NEUTRALITY FROM 1776 TO 1793.
I. Introductory Remarks.
II. European Practice during this Period.
A. Unneutral conduct of European Powers during the American War of Independence.
French service to the American Revolution and the treaty of 1778 (premature recognition of inde-pendence). Steps leading to the declaration of war against France by Great Britain, and the treaty of Amiens.
B. Disregard of neutral commerce.
French attitude changed.
British Orders in Council and the revival of the Rule of the War of 1756.
The attitude of other states, leading to the First League of Armed Neutrality.
Laws neglected by all powers during the French Revolutionary War.

III. American Practice of Neutrality.
A. General History.
Treaties in general.
Stipulations embodied in the treaty of 1778, leading to international complications and to the Procla-mation of Neutrality.
B. Neutral Jurisdiction.
Genet affair and the Proclamation.
(1) No belligerent court in neutral territory.
(2) Positive duty of a neutral government.
C. Freedom of commerce.
Free ship, free goods, and enemy ship, enemy goods.
D. Limitations of neutral commerce.
Contraband of war.
Blockade.
Right of visit and search.
CHAPTER 3
HISTORY OF NEUTRALITY FROM 1793 Το 1818.
I. European Practice of Neutrality.
A. Disregard of Neutral Commerce.
(1) French Decrees.
(2) British Orders in Council.
(3) Second Armed Neutrality.
(4) British Impressment of Seamen.
(5) The War of 1812.
II. American Practice of Neutrality.
A. American Practice in General.
(1) The Jay Treaty.
(2) Relations with the French Republic.
(3) Spanish-American Movements.
B. Neutrality Acts.
(1) Legislative Enactments.
III. Freedom of Neutral Commerce.
IV. Limitations of Neutral Commerce.
A. Contraband of War.
(1) Contraband in General.
(2) Doctrine of Continuous Voyage.
B. Blockade.
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(1) Visit and Search in General.
(2) Immunity of Convoy.
(a) Neutral Merchantmen under Belligerent Convoy.
(b) Neutral Merchantmen under their own Convoy.
C. Right of Visit and Search.
CHAPTER 4
HISTORY OF NEUTRALITY FROM 1818 το 1861.
I. The British Foreign Enlistment Act.
II. Filibusterers.
III. The Monroe Doctrine.
IV. The Declaration of Paris.
V. Recognition of Belligerency and Independence.
VI. The General Exercise of Neutral Rights.
A. Contraband of War.
B. Blockade.
C. The Right of Visit and Search.
CHAPTER 5
HISTORY OF NEUTRALITY FROM 1861 TO 1872.
I. Recognition of Belligerency.
Relation between Great Britain and the United States. The British Neutrality Proclamation based upon Lin-coln's Declaration of Blockade.
II. Continuous Voyage as applied to Blockade and Contra-band. Cases.
III. Analogues of Contraband and the Right of Visit and Search. The Trent Affair.
IV. The Alabama Claims.
The Treaty of Washington.
The Geneva Arbitration.
CHAPTER 6
SUMMARY.


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