Exiled East: Kim Dae Jung at Emory Open Access
Park, Sun (Spring 2021)
Abstract
Late 20th century South Korean history was one of the most turbulent episodes of Korean history. From 1950 to 1987, the South Korean people experience a civil war, three dictatorships, two revolutions and two military coups. The nation found itself at a crossroads, as the Korean military struggled against the pro-democracy movement for control of Korean politics, all while the United States, focused on both containing the spread of Communism and also promoting democracy, found itself unable to successfully stabilize Korea and also democratize it at the same time.
In the midst of the South Korean struggle between militarism and democracy and the global clash between Communism and Capitalism, a charismatic democracy activist by the name of Kim Dae Jung began to rise to prominence. As Kim climbed through the ranks of the democracy movement, another supporter of Korean democracy, James T. Laney, began to make public efforts in the United States to oppose dictatorship in Korea. Unexpectedly, these two men would forge an unlikely friendship dedicated to the promotion of democracy and human rights in Korea during the late Cold War.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Historiography 6
Chapter One: Meeting the Morning Calm: James T. Laney in Korea 13
Christian Human Rights, Revolution and the Cold War 23
Breaking the Ominous Silence 28
Chapter Two: Fighting for Democracy against Militarism 37
Why Here? Examining Emory’s relationship with Kim 45
Christianity, Democracy and Human Rights in Korea 52
The Paradox of Emory 64
Chapter Three: Kim Dae Jung in America 66
The Implications of Exile: Understanding Kim’s time in America 84
Epilogue: When Dawn Comes: Kim and Laney after America 89
Bibliography 100
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