Cumings, Bruce

Chronicles Korea's history, examining its relationships with foreign powers such as Japan, Great Britain, and the U.S. and its inner conflicts, discussing the politics of the North and South.

Explores the history and internal politics of North Korea, Iran, and Syria, identified by the George W. Bush administration as the "axis of evil, " and examines the record of U.S. intervention in those countries.

Studies the origins of the Korean War and how events that took place in the five years before the war affected its outcome, what the basic issues of the war were, how postwar Korean politics were influenced by American and Soviet involvement in the war, and other related topics.

Explores the roots of the conflict between North Korea and America, and questions American preconceptions of the country and its ruler.