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Lexington Books America's Man in Korea: The Private Letters of George C. Foulk, 1884-1887: The Private Letters of George Clayton Foulk

Name: America's Man in Korea: The Private Letters of George C. Foulk, 1884-1887: The Private Letters of George Clayton Foulk
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Americas Man in Korea is the story of Americas initial involvement in Korea as told through the private family letters of U.S. Navy ensign George Clayton Foulk, Washingtons representative in Seoul in the mid-1880s. The Hermit Kingdom, as Korea was known, was no ordinary diplomatic posting at this time. Emerging from centuries of self-imposed isolation, Korea was struggling to establish itself as an independent nation amid the imperial rivalries of China, Japan, England, and Russia; anti-foreign violence remained a simmering threat; the Korean government was a hotbed of intrigue and factional strife, its monarch King Kojong casting about for help. Foulk, fluent in Korean and the foremost western expert on the country, was an astute observer of this countrys transformation. In his private letters, published here for the first time, Foulk recounts his struggle to represent the U.S. and to help Korea in the face of State Department indifference.

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Brand: Lexington Books
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0739120980
Category: Books > Subjects > History > World History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 07 December 2007
Listed Since: 31 August 2007

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