Reviews
It's great, haha! I like it, haha! There are so many photographs, haha!
A close-up, detailed account of that day, which the film Seoul Spring couldn't tell. The sense of being there is remarkable.
Lee Gye-seong: 12.12
A book that reconstructs December 12, 1979—the day that changed Korea's history—through testimony and photographs from 100 people involved. After Kim Young-sam became president in 1993, investigations into the December 12 military coup and the purge of Hanahoe took place. The author, then a reporter for the Hankook Ilbo, interviewed and investigated more than 100 people involved, including key figures Chung Seung-hwa and Chang Tae-wan, and ran a year-long newspaper series. Those records became the foundation for this book, 12·12. With a journalist's reporting skill and writing, the book vividly depicts the tense events of December 12, 1979. It reconstructs the historical scene from multiple angles and presents the truth of that day through the vivid voices of more participants than any other account. A prologue and epilogue provide context before and after the coup to help younger readers understand it, and the book includes detailed notes on the people involved and many related photographs.
Korean title: 12.12
Korean author: 이계성
Korean publisher: 폴리티쿠스
ISBN-13: 9791157063536
Reviews
It's great, haha! I like it, haha! There are so many photographs, haha!
A close-up, detailed account of that day, which the film Seoul Spring couldn't tell. The sense of being there is remarkable.
