Hoare, James E., and Susan Pares.Conflict in Korea: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 1999. Provides solid coverage of all aspects of the Korean conflict, from 1945 to the present.
Oberdorfer, Don.The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History. Addison Wesley, 1997, 2001. Detailed, insightful history of North and South Korean politics: emphasis is on the last twenty years.
Portal, Jane.Korea: Art and Archaeology. Thames & Hudson, 2000. For the non-specialist, an informative introduction to Korea's cultural treasures.
Hastings, Max.The Korean War. Simon & Schuster, 1987. A military historian's chronicle based on first-hand accounts.
Knox, Donald.The Korean War: An Oral History. Harcourt, 1985, 1988. Hundreds of interviews with U.S. veterans provide a sense of what it was like to fight the war.
Lie, John.Han Unbound: The Political Economy of South Korea. Stanford University Press, 2000. Considers South Korea's shift from a rural agrarian nation to a major industrialized player on the world stage.
Savada, Andrea Matles, and William Shaw, eds.South Korea: A Country Study. Library of Congress, 1992. Good general overview of South Korea.
Song, Byung-Nak.The Rise of the Korean Ecomomy. Oxford University Press, 1997. The remarkable economic development of Korea in light of its history and culture, including interesting comparisons with Japan.
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