Conscience in Action
Subtitle: The Autobiography of Kim Dae-jung
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jul 02, 2018
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 959
ISBN-13: 9789811076220
Description: This book is an English translation of the authoritative autobiography by the late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung. The 2000 Nobel Peace Prize winner, often called the Asian Nelson Mandela, is best known for his tolerant and innovative "Sunshine Policy" toward North Korea. Written in the five years between the end of his presidency and his death in 2009, this book offers a poignant first-hand account of Korea's turbulent modern history. It spans the pivotal timespan between the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945) and reconciliation in the Korean Peninsula (2000-2009). In between are insightful insider descriptions of everything from wars and dictatorships to the hopeful period of economic recovery, blooming democracy, peace, and reconciliation. Conscience in Action serves as an intimate record of the Korean people's persistent and heroic struggle for democracy and peace. It is also an inspiring story of an extraordinary individual whose formidable perserverance and selfless dedication to the values he believed in led him to triumph despite more than four decades of extreme persecution--back cover.
Notes: Source title: Conscience in Action: The Autobiography of Kim Dae-jung