State security and regime security : President Syngman Rhee and the insecurity dilemma in South Korea, 1953-60 /
This book mines the interaction between state security and regime security in South Korea under the leadership of President Syngman Rhee in the period 1953-60. In examining the reasons which led Rhee to repeatedly call to "march North", such as to remove the Communists and to empower Korea...
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- A Conceptual Overview of Security in Developing States 3
- Methodology: The 'Archival Data Base' 10
- 2 Historical Setting: The Division of Korea, the Korean War, and the Evolution of Syngman Rhee's Anti-Communist Policy 15
- The Post-Liberation Process of Creating Separate Polities in the Korean Peninsula 16
- The Establishment of South Korea and Rhee's 'March North' Policy 24
- The Outbreak of the Korean War and Rhee's Opposition to an Armistice 31
- The Implications of the War for Rhee's Internal and External Security Policies 37
- 3 The Ending of the Korean War and Syngman Rhee's Search for a US-ROK Mutual Defence Treaty, April-August 1953 40
- Rhee's Threat of Unilateral Action and the Search for a US Security Commitment 41
- The Heightening of Rhee's Bargaining Position: The Release of the Anti-Communist POWs 48
- The Signing of the Mutual Defence Treaty 52
- 4 The Post-Armistice Security Policy of Syngman Rhee: The Strengthening of ROK Forces, September 1953-November 1954 59
- Rhee's Attempt to Consolidate His Domestic Position 60
- Strengthening ROK Forces and Participating in the Political Conference 63
- Rhee's Visit to America and the Finalizing of the US Security Commitments in Korea 71
- 5 Internal and External Challenges to the Rhee Regime and Rhee's Growing Concern for Regime Security, November 1954-May 1956 82
- Internal Difficulties: The Legitimacy Crisis and the Strengthened Opposition 83
- External Pressure: The Possibility of Peaceful Coexistence 87
- Rhee's Reactions to Internal and External Challenges 89
- 6 The Primacy of Regime Security and the Vulnerability of State Security, May 1956-November 1958 102
- Internal Instability and the Intensification of Repressive Rule 103
- The Decrease in Support for Rhee's Militant Policies 108
- The Communist Peace Offensive 115
- 7 The Domestic Use of State Security and the Collapse of the Rhee Regime, December 1958-April 1960 123
- The Weakening of Rhee's Control over Political Affairs 124
- The Externalization of Internal Threats and the Justification of Repressive Rule 126
- The Downfall of the Rhee Regime 138
- 8 Conclusion: The Insecurity Dilemma in South Korea 144.