This course is intended as a readings seminar. Because it is very much in the news and potentially the site of major conflict, I have chosen as a general topic the history of Korea. The focus will be upon the period of the Korean war, and on the origins of current tensions.
This class will not be lecture style, but rather readings and discussion. This means considerable reading and writing, and being prepared for discussion at all times.
We will use the World Wide Web and electronic resources on a regular basis. The class will require discipline and effort on the part of the students. Our projects will largely be electronic ones, done in groups. We will use electronic communications a great deal.
If this does not sound like a class in which you wish to engage at this time, please be sure and formally withdraw, do not merely stop coming to class.
Here are the texts:
Thomson and Perry, Sentimental Imperialists. This book will be read in part, on reserve. It is out of print. Check "schedule" for specific assignments.
Tomedi, Rudy. No Bugles, No Drums. J Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-471-10573-2 An Oral History of the Korean War. Shelved in bookstore.
China's Road to the Korean War
by Jian Chen, Chen Jian (Paperback) Shelved in bookstore.
Martin Hart-Landsberg Korea: Division, Reunification, and U.S. Foreign Policy. Shelved in bookstore. We will have dinner with the author at a Korean restaurant in Portland.
Matthew B. Ridgway The Korean War: How We Met the Challenge: How All-Out Asian War Was Averted: Why Macarthur Was Dismissed: Why Today's War Objectives Must Be Limited. This book is shelved in the bookstore.
Haneley, Charles J et al. The Bridge at No Gun Ri. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2003.
We are having trouble finding the following book. If you know of any copies, please let me know, but do not buy this until instructed to do so!
Suh Ji-Moon (Translator), James A. Perkins Brother Enemy: Poems of the Korean War (Paperback - July 2002)
