Reviews
This book examines the history of East Asia from the perspectives of war and international relations theory. The views of international political theorists are well organized.
The author's broad perspective and understanding of East Asian wars and foreign policy are summarized.
I haven't finished reading it yet, but I am reading with admiration for the author's writing skills, detailed descriptions of situations and explanations, exceptional perceptiveness, and cool-headed judgment. I hope many people will read this book!
This book employs the conceptual framework of Professor Kim Han-kyu’s *Cheonhagukga*, a comprehensive history of East Asia, to unfold a grand variation on the history of international relations in East Asia, spanning from the Western Zhou Dynasty of the 10th century B.C. to the modern era. The book’s inductive theme asserts, as Professor Lee Sam-sung already argued in *The World and America*, that "whether under the Sinocentric order of the traditional era or the current American order, the
Lee Samsung: War and Peace in East Asia 1
*Hangil New Humanities Series*, *War and Peace in East Asia*, Volume 1. This book attempts to provide a comprehensive perspective on the traditional East Asian order from the author's own viewpoint, who majored in international politics. It summarizes the historical history of war and peace between the Asian continent and the Korean Peninsula within the context of a Chinese world order spanning two thousand years. By focusing on the dynamic interaction between inland Asian nomadic civilizations and China, the author seeks to reveal the internal complexity of the East Asian world and the Chinese world order, as well as the duality inherent in the geopolitical identity of the ancient Korean Peninsula. Furthermore, the book draws attention to the historical significance of the third form of international order devised by the traditional East Asian world—the tributary-investiture system—as a norm governing war and peace. This research by the author is the result of a critical reflection on the maximalism of the ROK-U.S. alliance, which has been the dominant strategic paradigm regarding war and peace in post-war Korean society. At a time when the prevailing mindset regards the alliance with the United States as the entirety or the very core of Korea's future grand strategy, this book raises the need for a re-evaluation of East Asian history. [Hardcover]
Korean title: 동아시아의 전쟁과 평화 1
Korean author: 이삼성
Korean publisher: 한길사
ISBN-13: 9788935659968
Reviews
This book examines the history of East Asia from the perspectives of war and international relations theory. The views of international political theorists are well organized.
The author's broad perspective and understanding of East Asian wars and foreign policy are summarized.
I haven't finished reading it yet, but I am reading with admiration for the author's writing skills, detailed descriptions of situations and explanations, exceptional perceptiveness, and cool-headed judgment. I hope many people will read this book!
This book employs the conceptual framework of Professor Kim Han-kyu’s *Cheonhagukga*, a comprehensive history of East Asia, to unfold a grand variation on the history of international relations in East Asia, spanning from the Western Zhou Dynasty of the 10th century B.C. to the modern era. The book’s inductive theme asserts, as Professor Lee Sam-sung already argued in *The World and America*, that "whether under the Sinocentric order of the traditional era or the current American order, the
