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Chapter 1: The Problematic Man, Syngman Rhee
The Rise of Young Syngman Rhee 16
Syngman Rhee's Foundation: America! 23
The first president of the provisional government, 27
Liberation of an Unprepared Homeland 32
Liberation of Chaos 36
Serious Problems of the Liberation Era - Yeo Un-hyeong 42
The Failure of Left-Right Cooperation and the Division of the Korean Peninsula 54
Land Reform 64
The Essence of the Jeju April 3 Incident and the Yeosu-Suncheon Incident 65
Special Committee on Anti-Japanese Activities - Pro-Japanese Collaborators Were Saved by Independence Activists 75
The Tragedy of the Korean War: Syngman Rhee's Achievements and Sins 85
Syngman Rhee Line and Dokdo Defense 107
The Destruction of Democracy 108
Key Points Public & Private 119

Chapter 2: The Duality of Dictatorship and Industrialization: Park Chung-hee
Park Chung-hee's turbulent rise 124
The Second Republic, which did nothing, 136
Background and Preliminary Work of May 16 138
5.16 Military Coup 142
From a political soldier to a representative of the Republic of Korea 148
Why Was There No Backlash Against the May 16th Incident? 153
Initial Economic Development Plan 155
The First Crisis: Korea-Japan Talks 157
Economic Development in the 1960s and the Vietnam War 161
Repeating History: 3rd Amendment to the Constitution 169
The Age of Anti-Communism 173
Miracle on the Han River 177
Yushin coup.
The Age of One Person 183
Park Chung-hee's sword.
The Chiefs of Namsan 189
Kim Jae-gyu.
Shooting the Heart of Yushin 197
Park Chung-hee, a living, breathing figure 204
Key Points Public & Private 208

Chapter 3: Chun Doo-hwan, a Man with Fortune
The Elite 11th Class of the Korea Military Academy and the First Turning Point 212
The Second Turning Point, the December 12 Coup d'état (216)
Those who resisted the December 12 coup d'état 224
The new military junta's seizure of power and the May 18th Gwangju Democratization Movement (227)
5.16 and 12.12 are brothers 234
Economic President Kim Jae-ik and Stabilization Policies 239
The Greatest Fraud Since Dangun: The Jang Yeong-ja Incident 246
Jang Se-dong, the influential figure of the Fifth Republic, 249
Resistance against the Military Regime 251
The June Struggle and the Surrender of the Fifth Republic 256
The Dream of a Failed Democratic Regime 263
They need to reflect on history 269
Key Points Public & Private 273

Chapter 4: Between Military Regime and Democratic Regime…, Roh Tae-woo
The Only Reflection, the Path to Harmony 278
Soldier's Path 282
The Life of a Second-In-Law, and the Peak 285
Taking Power, Water's Counterattack! 290
Freedom of the Press and Guarantee of Fundamental Rights 293
Livelihood, Welfare, and Democracy 295
War on Crime 297
North Korea Policy, Northern Policy 301
Three-party merger: A breakthrough for the minority government and a majority opposition party.
Economic Development and the Growth of the Working Class 314
Elements of the Military Regime 319
The big shot Kim Young-sam, and the 324 years that have passed since the dawn of history.
Slush funds holding back 333
Progressive Tendencies and Perceptions of the Regime 338
Key Points Public & Private 346

Conclusion 348