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Download or read book The Two Koreas written by Don Oberdorfer and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Korea was first divided at the end of World War II, the tension between its northern and southern halves has riveted—and threatened to embroil—the rest of the world. In this landmark history, now thoroughly revised and updated in conjunction with Korea expert Robert Carlin, veteran journalist Don Oberdorfer grippingly describes how a historically homogenous people became locked in a perpetual struggle for supremacy—and how they might yet be reconciled.