Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 03:03:46 -0700 From: the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: The_Dojang digest, Vol 10 #408 - 1 msg X-Mailer: Mailman v2.0.13.cisto1 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Errors-To: the_dojang-admin@martialartsresource.net X-BeenThere: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13.cisto1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net X-Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net X-Subscribed-Address: kma@martialartsresource.com List-Id: The Internet's premier discussion forum on Korean Martial Arts. List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Help: Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: Send The_Dojang mailing list submissions to the_dojang@martialartsresource.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to the_dojang-request@martialartsresource.net You can reach the person managing the list at the_dojang-admin@martialartsresource.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of The_Dojang digest..." <<------------------ The_Dojang mailing list ------------------>> Serving the Internet since June 1994. Copyright 1994-2003: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The Internet's premier discussion forum devoted to Korean Martial Arts. 1500 members. See the Korean Martial Arts (KMA) FAQ and the online search engine for back issues of The_Dojang at http://MartialArtsResource.com Pil Seung! Today's Topics: 1. New book on North Korea (Ray Terry) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Ray Terry To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net (The_Dojang) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 19:38:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [The_Dojang] New book on North Korea Reply-To: the_dojang@martialartsresource.net Forwarding... John Feffer's North Korea/South Korea: U.S. Policy in a Time of Crisis, hailed as "the most balanced account of the North Korean 'threat' " by Japan scholar Chalmers Johnson, is now available from Seven Stories Press. ($9.95 http://sevenstories.com/Book/index.cfm?GCOI=58322100925650 ) As media coverage of this Korean threat grows, scholars are faced with the challenge of providing an accessible introduction to the conflict beyond the threat, to the complex and historical underpinnings of this divided region. "There is no country of comparable significance concerning which so many people are ignorant," American anthropologist Cornelius Osgood adroitly noted about Korea. North Korea/South Korea is a needed corrective that is in-step with the growing interest in, and study of, the region itself. Beginning with the present crisis, Feffer takes a long look back, chronicling the partition of the Peninsula and creation of the DMZ; U.S. intervention and presence in the region, historic and present; and the formation of North and South Korean ethos, as affected by nascent national identities, the varying influence of Confucianism, and the North's isolationism. Discursively examining the strategy and motivations of each of the parties to the current conflict, Feffer concretely suggests tenable and needed alternatives that address the region's volatility. (See T.O.C below.) Introduction: The Current Crisis Chapter One: Conquered and Divided Chapter Two: The View from Pyongyang Chapter Three: The View from Washington Chapter Four: Gunboat Globalization Conclusion: The Road to Unification Desk copies of North Korea/ South Korea will be available for your consideration in early September. Copies may obtained by faxing your request to Seven Stories Press at 212.226.1411. John Feffer is available to present lectures on North Korea/ South Korea . Departments wishing to invite the author should contact him directly at Johnfeffer@aol.com. Ria Julien Seven Stories Press 140 Watts St New York, NY 10013 info@sevenstories.com www.sevenstories.com --__--__-- _______________________________________________ The_Dojang mailing list The_Dojang@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/the_dojang http://the-dojang.net Old digest issues available @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com Copyright 1994-2003: Ray Terry and http://MartialArtsResource.com Standard disclaimers apply. Remember September 11. End of The_Dojang Digest