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This study explores a failure of the Carter administration during South Korea's 1980 Gwangju Uprising. As hundreds of citizens were murdered by the military, the US failed to intervene, instead pursuing trade deals and creating an unresolved diplomatic failure.
This study explores a little-known failure of Jimmy Carter’s administration in South Korea. Martial law was imposed in the country on May 17, 1980, by the head of the military, Chun Doo-hwan; on May 18, Chun sent special forces troops into the city of Gwangju to suppress a peaceful student protest of the martial law. During a nine-day period (known as the Gwangju Uprising), hundreds of citizens were murdered and wounded; because of a long-standing history with the United States, many people expected the American embassy to mediate the crisis. A few days after the event ended, though no officials had stepped in to stop Chun, bureaucrats did visit Seoul to continue trade deals with the Koreans. The reticence of the US to stop Chun’s military from harming its own citizens and the proximity of the nuclear power plant deal so close to the end of the Uprising calls US intentions into question while the rise in anti-American sentiment created a diplomatic failure that has never been resolved.
This history documents the persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Eastern Europe. It compares their survival under different political systems, from dictatorships to modern Russia, where a renewed ban has returned Soviet-era conditions of repression.
They are Third Culture Kids. While their global lifestyle offers an expanded worldview, it brings recurring losses. In this collection, writers from around the world explore the search for identity, belonging, and a place to call “home.”
Under the guise of protection, Britain overran, plundered and disempowered the kingdom of Buganda. Based on newly de-classified records, this book reconstructs the machinations of British rule in Uganda, demonstrating how its colonial past shapes its future.
Highlighting pioneering and ground-breaking Egyptian women that the media have overlooked and ignored, this collection shatters the monolithic and unflattering stereotype of contemporary Egyptian women as victims, uneducated and uncivilized, dominated by men.
Selahattin Ülkümen, a Turkish diplomat, is the only Muslim designated “Righteous among the Nations” for saving 42 Jews from the Nazis at his own risk. The remarkable story of this hero is an important but little-known aspect of Holocaust history. This book fills that void.
This book combines the history of religions with Byzantine studies to analyze kings, symbols, and cities. It demonstrates how the ancient pagan ruler cult was gradually replaced by the ruler becoming subordinate to Christ, the ‘Master of All’ (Pantokrator).
This anthology examines artwork and sites in East and Southeast Asia through the lens of eco–art history, exploring the mutual impact of artistic expression and local environments. Case studies range from the Little Ice Age to contemporary responses to climate change.
This book examines the Pioneer Health Centre, a world-renowned experiment in health-creation. Forced to close in 1950, its ideas continue to inspire. It investigates why such initiatives struggle against a culture that values cure more than prevention.
This book frees women from the margins of Nigeria’s history, chronicling their resistance movements. From protests against colonial taxation to contemporary struggles against oil exploitation and mass abductions, it highlights the voice and agency of Nigerian women.
This book is an examination of the pivotal alliance between Taoiseach Eamon de Valera and Archbishop Daniel Mannix. It explores how their bond aided Ireland’s push for independence and why Mannix, once revered, became an isolated figure after 1925.
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