Korea on the Brink

by John A. Wickham

In October 1979, a series of potentially catastrophic events was set into motion: President Park Chung-hee was assassinated, South Korean officers staged a coup d'etat, and South Korean troops brutally suppressed civilian demonstrators during the controversial Kwangju uprising. Any one of these incidents could have sparked another major conflict on the Korean Peninsula. General Wickham contends war was avoided largely because of resolute action taken...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574882902
• ISBN13: 9781574882902
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"