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Du Bois, Jill. Korea. 2nd ed. Marshall Cavendish, 1996. For readers in grades 6 to 9. Jung, Sung-Hoon. South Korea. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1997. For readers in grades 5 to 8. Landau, Elaine. Korea. Children's Press, 1999, 2000. Information on both North and South Korea; for readers in grades 3 to 5. McNair, Sylvia. Korea. Children's Press, 1993. For readers in grades 5 to 9. Shepheard, Patricia. South Korea. Chelsea House, 1998. For readers in grades 5 to 8. Korean history and culture Cumings, Bruce. Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History. Norton, 1997. Comprehensive, informative account of Korea over the last few centuries. Hoare, James E., and Susan Pares. Conflict in Korea: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO, 1999. Provides solid coverage of all aspects of the Korean conflict, from 1945 to the present. Nahm, Andrew C. Introduction to Korean History and Culture. Hollym, 1993, 1998. Excellent overview, with emphasis on the modern period. Oberdorfer, Don. The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History. Addison Wesley, 1997, 2001. Detailed, insightful history of North and South Korean politics: emphasis is on the last twenty years. Portal, Jane. Korea: Art and Archaeology. Thames & Hudson, 2000. For the non-specialist, an informative introduction to Korea's cultural treasures. Alexander, Bevin. Korea: The First War We Lost. 3rd ed. Hippocrene, 2000. One of the classic histories of the conflict. Brady, James. The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea. Orion, Reprint, St. Martin's, 1990. 2000. Moving memoirs of an American marine lieutenant. Hastings, Max. The Korean War. Simon & Schuster, 1987. A military historian's chronicle based on first-hand accounts. Knox, Donald. The Korean War: An Oral History. Harcourt, 1985, 1988. Hundreds of interviews with U.S. veterans provide a sense of what it was like to fight the war. Merrill, John. Korea: The Peninsular Origins of the War. Delaware, 1989. The causes of the war traced to Korean hostilities rather than great power conflict. Spiller, Harry, ed. American POWs in Korea: Sixteen Personal Accounts. McFarland, 1998. Moving accounts. Stokesbury, James L. A Short History of the Korean War. Morrow, 1988. An excellent general history. Toland, John. In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950-1953. Morrow, 1991, 1993. Readable military history. Tucker, Spencer C.; Jinwung Kim; Michael R,. Nichols; and Paul G. Pierpaoli, Jr., eds. The Encyclopedia of the Korean War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-Clio, 2000. Substantial, comprehensive reference work. Weintraub, Stanley. MacArthur's War: Korea and the Undoing of an American Hero. Free Press, 2000. Detailed account of the early stages of the war, critical of MacArthur. Amsden, Alice H. Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization. Oxford University Press, 1989, 1992. A description of rapid development through imposed performance standards. Breen, Michael. The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies. St. Martin's, 1999. An in-depth portrait of a polarized people. Clifford, Mark L. Troubled Tiger: Businessmen, Bureaucrats and Generals in South Korea. Sharpe, 1997. A political and economic history of South Korea since 1961. Gibney, Frank. Korea's Quiet Revolution: From Garrison State to Democracy. Walker, 1992. The importance of a stable democracy for Korea. Lie, John. Han Unbound: The Political Economy of South Korea. Stanford University Press, 2000. Considers South Korea's shift from a rural agrarian nation to a major industrialized player on the world stage. Savada, Andrea Matles, and William Shaw, eds. South Korea: A Country Study. Library of Congress, 1992. Good general overview of South Korea. Song, Byung-Nak. The Rise of the Korean Ecomomy. Oxford University Press, 1997. The remarkable economic development of Korea in light of its history and culture, including interesting comparisons with Japan.
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