The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592-98
Written by Stephen Turnbull
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $15.95
The invasions of Korea launched by the dictator Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1592-1593 and 1597-1598) are unique in Japanese history for being the only time that the samurai assaulted a foreign country. Hideyoshi planned to invade and conquer China, ruled at the time by the Ming dynasty, and when the Korean court refused to...
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Inch'on 1950
The last great amphibious assault
Written by Gordon Rottman
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's study of Inch'on, which was probably the most significant campaign in the Korean War (1950-1953), as well as the last major amphibious assault of division-size conducted in the history of warfare. The odds were stacked against the US troops, with virtually no time for training and many of the divisions unprepared...
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Japanese Castles in Korea 1592-98
Written by Stephen Turnbull
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $13.95
The Japanese invasion and occupation of Korea, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, was the only occasion in Japanese history when samurai aggression was turned against a foreign country. During the occupation of Korea the Japanese built 25
wajo or castles. Unlike the castles built in Japan, these castles were never...
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The Old Garden
Written by Hwang Sok-Yong
Translated by Jay Oh
Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Price: $18.95
As South Korea violently changed from a military dictatorship to a democratic state, an idealistic activist and a brazen painter shared a brief love affair that would impact the rest of their lives.
Drifting to an old house in the countryside where they once sought refuge, Hyun Woo finds Yoon Hee's letters...
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The Old Garden
Written by Hwang Sok-Yong
Translated by Jay Oh
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Price: $18.95
Political prisoner Hyun Woo is freed after eighteen years to find no trace of the world he knew. The friends with whom he shared utopianist dreams are gone. His Seoul is unrecognizably transformed and aggressively modernized. Yoon Hee, the woman he loved, died three years ago. A broken man, he drifts...
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The Cleanest Race
How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters
Written by B.R. Myers
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: December 20, 2011
Price: $22.00
Understanding North Korea through its propaganda: A newly revised and updated edition that includes a consideration of Kim Jung Il's successor, Kim Jong-Un What do the North Koreans really believe? How do they see themselves and the world around them?
Here B.R. Myers, a North Korea analyst and a...
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The Cleanest Race
How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters
Written by B.R. Myers
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 1, 2011
Price: $20.00
Understanding North Korea through its propaganda What do the North Koreans really believe? How do they see themselves and the world around them?
Here B.R. Myers, a North Korea analyst and a contributing editor of
The Atlantic, presents the first full-length study of the North Korean worldview. Drawing on extensive research into...
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North Korea/South Korea
U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis
Written by John Feffer
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $9.95
The Korean peninsula, divided for more than fifty years, is stuck in a time warp. Millions of troops face one another along the Demilitarized Zone separating communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea. In the early 1990s and again in 2002-2003, the United States and its allies have gone to the...
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The Old Garden
Written by Hwang Sok-Yong
Translated by Jay Oh
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2009
Price: $30.00
Political prisoner Hyun Woo is freed after eighteen years to find no trace of the world he knew. The friends with whom he shared utopianist dreams are gone. His Seoul is unrecognizably transformed and aggressively modernized. Yoon Hee, the woman he loved, died three years ago. A broken man, he drifts...
Read more >
The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592-98
Written by Stephen Turnbull
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: July 22, 2008
Price: $19.95
The invasions of Korea launched by the dictator Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1592-1593 and 1597-1598) are unique in Japanese history for being the only time that the samurai assaulted a foreign country. Hideyoshi planned to invade and conquer China, ruled at the time by the Ming dynasty, and when the Korean court refused to...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Japanese Castles in Korea 1592-98
Written by Stephen Turnbull
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2007
Price: $16.95
The Japanese invasion and occupation of Korea, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, was the only occasion in Japanese history when samurai aggression was turned against a foreign country. During the occupation of Korea the Japanese built 25
wajo or castles. Unlike the castles built in Japan, these castles were never...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Inch'on 1950
The last great amphibious assault
Written by Gordon Rottman
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2006
Price: $19.95
Osprey's study of Inch'on, which was probably the most significant campaign in the Korean War (1950-1953), as well as the last major amphibious assault of division-size conducted in the history of warfare. The odds were stacked against the US troops, with virtually no time for training and many of the divisions unprepared...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
North Korea/South Korea
U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis
Written by John Feffer
Format: Trade Paperback, 200 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2003
Price: $9.95
The Korean peninsula, divided for more than fifty years, is stuck in a time warp. Millions of troops face one another along the Demilitarized Zone separating communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea. In the early 1990s and again in 2002-2003, the United States and its allies have gone to the...
Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.