Massive Entanglement, Marginal Influence: Carter and Korea in Crisis [Paperback]

William Gleysteen (Author), William H. Gleysteen Jr. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2000

Using extensive documentation, this book examines how President Jimmy Carters troop withdrawal and human rights policiesconceived in abstraction from East Asian realitiescontributed to the demise of Korean President Park Chung Hee. The author suggests that some lessons are relevant beyond Korea, for example, in our treatment of human rights problems in China today.

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William H. Gleysteen Jr. served as U.S. Ambassador to Korea during the Carter Administration. After leaving government service he was president of the Japan Society in New York (1989-95).

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Brookings Inst Pr (December 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815731698
• ISBN-13: 978-0815731696
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,804,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Art of Diplomacy, March 12, 2000

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Robert G. Rich, Jr. (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Massive Entanglement, Marginal Influence: Carter and Korea in Crisis (Hardcover)

This is an authoritative analysis of one of the most turbulent periods in U.S.-Korean relations and an enlightening memoir by one of America's top career ambassadors and China experts. After a somewhat slow introduction (probably necessary for readers short on historical knowledge), the book marches along smartly in an exciting first-person narrative filled with dramatic events, struggles of will, and diplomatic efforts to save a flawed American policy, to foster democracy abroad, and to save the life of a foreign statesman. Should be read by all interested in the art of diplomacy, the Korean transition to democracy, or the practice and limits of U.S. influence.