HIST 2340W Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Kim Jong-Il, Kim Il-Sung, Syngman Rhee
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June 1950, war begins when north invades the south but need to understand the period before 1950 to understand the war. [clear to americans that korean war just an american con ict???] best selling book on korean war is from an american perspective doesn"t use korean sources. [hardly gets any korean names right] background period of 1910-1945 there is no korea, japan colonized korea in 1910 and korea loses its independence need to understand korean perspective, not just american perspective, to understand the korean war. Japanese rule: 1910-1945 change korea economically to integrate into empire surpresses labor and dissent korean no longer taught at korean schools. *decide letting soviets occupy is not such a good idea so decide to divide korea could get part of korea, would be a bu er for us occupied japan plus give soviets a piece to keep them satis ed.
