Terror in Cheju Island -- Emergency laws and the crisis of human rights -- Ideological persecution and the massacre of 1950 -- Observing political violence in Korea -- Politics of fear in the bombing of Korea -- The bereaved families
Summary
Korea's Grievous War presents the historical background, political motivations, legal bases, and social consequences of anticommunist violence, tracing the enduring legacy of this destruction in the testimonies of survivors and bereaved families that only now can give voice to the lived experience of the grievous war and its aftermath
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index
