Couverture / Jaquette

Through travels that range from Geneva to Pyongyang, this remarkable book takes readers on an odyssey through one of the most extraordinary forgotten tragedies of the Cold War: the "return" of over 90,000 people, most of them ethnic Koreans, from Japan to North Korea from 1959 onward. For most, their new home proved a place of poverty and hardship; for thousands, it was a place of persecution and death. In rediscovering their extraordinary personal stories, this book also casts new light on the politics of the Cold War, and on present-day tensions between North Korea and the rest of the world.

Note biographique

Tessa Morris-Suzuki is professor in the Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. She is the winner of the 2013 Fukuoka Prize.

Table des matières

Part I: DeparturesChapter 1: Morning Sun Chapter 2: Hostages to History Chapter 3: Geneva: City of Dreams Part II: Borderlines Chapter 4: Across the East Sea Chapter 5: To the Field of Dancing Children Chapter 6: The Borders Within Part III: Stratagems Chapter 7: The Shadow Ministry Chapter 8: The Tip of the Iceberg Chapter 9: The Pyongyang Conference Chapter 10: Special Mission to the Far East Chapter 11: The First Return Chapter 12: Resolution 20 Part IV: Accord Chapter 13: Dream Homes on the Taedong Chapter 14: The Diplomats' Diaries Chapter 15: From Geneva to Calcutta Chapter 16: Silent Partners Chapter 17: A Guide for Mr. Returnee Part V: Arrivals Chapter 18: Toward the Promised Land Chapter 19: Return to Nowhere Chapter 20: The Willow Trees of Niigata

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