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This is a behind-the-scenes account of South Korea's rise to economic power. It explains the interaction of military, bureaucratic and business interests that have created South Korea. A particular strength of the book is the analysis of the formative Park Chung Hee era.

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• 1 Uneasy Alliances: Too Hard a State, Order and Opportunity, A Culture of Rage, Corrupted Confucianism
• 2 Bone Ranks, Buddhas, and Slaves: Birth of a Nation, Koryo, Chosun, Japanese Colonization, Liberation and Division
• 3 Economic Warrior: Teacher, Soldier, Patriot, Collaborator, Sweeping Out Parasites and Profiteers, Development by Decree
• 4 To Build A Nation: Bureaucrats, Technocrats, and Generals, Guided Capitalism, Building the Export Machine, Wigs or Steel: The Fight for Korea, Inc., Financial Repression and Political Control, Making Business Serve the State
• 5 The High Priest of Steel
• 6 Yushin: The United States Pulls Back, Korea Cracks Down, The KCIA Brings the One-Party State to Korea, Koreagate: Exporting the Korean System, Corruption: The J-Factor, End of the Thatched Roof Era, Death of a Lady
• 7 The Big Push: Curbing the Curb Market, Metal-Bashing: The Heavy and Chemical Industries Plan, Shrugging Off the Oil Shock
• 8 Chaebol: Hyundai, Daewoo, Why Big Is Beautiful
• 9 Slowdown: The Cult of Austerity, Macro-Mistakes, Slowing the Growth Machine, Dictatorship in Decline
• 10 The Assassination
• 11 Democracy Denied: Night of the Generals, Chun Doo Hwan, The Seoul Spring, Bloodshed in Kwangju
• 12 Purification: Purge, Kim Dae Jung's Trial
• 13 The Crunch: The Bulletproof Cabinet, Turning to the Economists, Colonels Versus Technocrats, Putting the Pieces Together Again
• 14 From Reform to Scandal: Madame Chang, Collapse of a New Chaebol
• 15 To Die In Rangoon: Triumph of the Technocrats, Shakedown
• 16 Dangerous Corner: Disciplining Business: The Politics of Pain, Controlling Chaebol, The Biggest Get Bigger, The Debt Dilemma
• 17 The Big Boom: The Tiger Roars, The Three Blessings, Export Explosion, Finance and Freedom
• 18 Shifting into Overdrive
• 19 Surrender: The Salaryman's Revolution, Torture, Suicide, and a Grave Decision, The Generals Surrender
• 20 Workers: Hyundai Pays the Price of Democracy, Labor Lashes Out, A Model Worker, Birth of the Working Class, What Is Democracy?
• 21 Purges and Medals
• 22 Coping With Success: The United States and Korea: From Guns to Butter, Roots of Anti-Americanism, Japan and Korea: Unhappy Neighbors, Austerity, Korea, Inc. Under Attack
• 23 Joining the Big Leagues: From Rice Mill to Semiconductor Plant, Birth of the Electronics Age, The Samsung Men, Challenging Japan, Too Much of a Good Thing
• 24 The End of the Beginning: Kim Young Sam: Failed Reformer, The Challenge of Change, Korean Reunification: Dream or Nightmare?

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Library Journal Review

Drawing on his journalistic experiences in the region, Clifford addresses the business climate of South Korea. This well-written book presents Korea's commercial history since 1961, building on historical, social, cultural, and economic factors. The work probes the tensions between and among business, government, and the military. The 24 specific-topic chapters explore, among other things, Korea's history, economic growth, specific industries such as steel, the assassination of President Park in 1979, political and business reforms and scandals, chaebol (the giant conglomerates), and the anticipated economic future. While this timely book is recommended primarily for practicing executives and government officials, scholars and advanced students of business and the social sciences should also find it useful.-Joseph W. Leonard, Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Clifford, long-time observer of the Asian scene as a reporter for the Far Eastern Economic Review, has written one of the most fascinating behind-the-scenes accounts of South Korea's rise to an economic power. He attempts to discern the intertwined but often tense relationship among four protagonists in the Korean political and economic drama that has been unfolding in the last three decades: military leaders who tried to legitimize their leadership by promoting rapid economic development; the US-trained technocrats who advised the generals and implemented development policies; the founders of chaebols who marshaled national energies for their own advantages; and, finally, the workers who strived to share gains from explosive economic growth. Especially interesting is Clifford's narrative on the manner in which the above-mentioned protagonists interacted with each other in the decision-making process. The volume contains many engrossing inside stories relating to the dark sides of the Korean "miracle": authoritarianism, corruption, and concentration of economic power. The author warns that the bureaucratic and government-dominated approach of the past years is no longer appropriate for the much more complex economy of today. An informative and entertaining volume. General readers; upper-division undergraduate through professional audiences.