The making of the first Korean president : Syngman Rhee's quest for independence, 1875-1948 /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- Birth of a Christian reformer
- Diplomacy with a U.S. president and Ivy League education in America
- Christian education and evangelism in Korea and Japan
- Early life in Hawaiʻi
- President of the Korean provisional governments
- Fall from power in Shanghai and Hawaiʻi
- Solo drive for Korean independence in Europe and marriage to Francesca Donner
- In pursuit of diplomatic recognition during the Pacific war
- New rivals and detractors
- Becoming the president of the Republic of Korea.