This book is my Ph.D dissertation on two epochal political upheavals, known in Korea as the April 19 Student Revolution of 1960 and the May 16 Military Coup d’etat of l961. The comparative analysis of their causes and processes and their respective impacts on Korean political and economic development was the central focus of this study. It was written in 1970. Korea’s political miracle such as liberty, democracy, and unity of our nation took fertile root from the April Student Revolution, as its economic miracle of rapid modernization and industrialization gained momentum from the May Military Coup. Ultimately, however, our people’s sweats, tears and sacrifices are behind these two “miracles”.
Part I Theories of Revolution Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Revolution: A Conceptual Frame of Reference Part II The April Student Revolution and the May Military Coup Chapter 3 Background: The April Revolution and the May Coup in Historical Perspective Chapter 4 Conditions Chapter 5 Processes Chapter 6 Payoffs Chapter 7 Conclusion
저자 : 양성철 Sung Chul Yang
Sung Chul Yang, born in 1939 in Koksung, South Cholla Province, Korea, received his B.A. from Seoul National University, M. A. from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky. He served in the Korean Army as a student draftee. Currently Senior Adviser of the Kim Dae-jung Peace Foundation, he was a distinguished professor at Korea University, the Republic of Kor... more