Cornerstone of the Nation: The Defense Industry and the Building of Modern Korea Under Park Chung Hee

by Peter Banseok Kwon

Cornerstone of the Nation is the first historical account of the complex alliance of military and civilian forces that catapulted South Korea's conjoined militarization and industrialization under Park Chung Hee (1961-1979). Kwon reveals how Park's secret program to build an independent defense industry spurred a total mobilization of business, science, labor, and citizenry, all of which converged in military-civilian forces that propelled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067429713X
• ISBN13: 9780674297135
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages