Reconciling Enemy States in Europe and Asia
by Seunghoon Emilia Heo
- PUBLICATION DATA:
- ISBN-10: 0230295436,
ISBN-13: 978-0230295438 - LANGUAGE:
- English
- PAGES:
- 200
- PRICE:
- $70.56
- PUBLISHER:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- PUBLISHED:
- June 2012
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Rebuilding the relationship between enemy states is not an easy path. Moreover, the term ‘reconciliation’ has until now has been ill-defined in international relations. What do we mean by ‘successfully reconciled’? Is it when national leaders shake hands on a red carpet or when economic interaction intensifies? Or is reconciliation only accomplished when citizens regain mutual respect? Drawing from sources in English, French, Korean, Italian, German and Japanese, Heo establishes a model that clarifies why certain countries reconcile while others do not. Discussing historical and contemporary cases ranging from Europe to Northeast Asia, she gives a unique insight into various means of arriving at a genuine reconciliation.