Preface = vii Introduction = 1 1 Joined to the Empire, l9IO-31. The consolidation of colonial power - The March First Movement - The Japanese response - Korean society in the l920s Korean nationalism - Conclusion = 14 2 The dark gulf, I93I-45. Japanese policy - The Korean economy in the l930s - Korean nationalism - Conclusion = 38 3 Bitter liberty, I945-48. Occupying Korea: the first moves - The Moscow Agreement and its aftermath - Conclusion = 50 4 The supreme disaster, I948-53. The two Koreas, l948-50 - The road to war - Negotiations - The Koreans'war - Conclusion = 71 5 The mastery of despair, I953-7l. After the war: the DPRK - After the war:- the ROK - The Second Republic - Park Chung-hee and the beginnings of ROK industrial state - Conclusion = 92 6 Reversal of fortunes, l97l-80. The talks begin - The DPRK in the l970s - The YushIn years In the ROK - Park's authoritarian state - The ROK economy in the l970s - ROK society in the l970s - Conclusion = 122 7 Divergent courses, I980-92. The Kim Jong Il ascendancy - The ROK Fifth Republic - The Roh administration - ROK society in the l980s - Conclusion = 144 8 Hallowed by the price = 172 The North in trouble - The Kim Young Sam administration - The Kim Dae Jung administration - ROK society in the l990s - Concluding remarks = 172 Mqjor events, l9l0-2000 = 198 Select bibliography = 217 Index = 223.