North Korea Demystified By Han S. Park

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About the Contributors

Bruce Cumings is the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Chicago. His research and teaching focus is on modern Korean history, 20th-century international history, U.S.–East Asian relations, East Asian political economy, and American foreign relations. He is the editor of the modern volume of The Cambridge History of Korea (forthcoming) and is a frequent contributor to The London Review of Books, The Nation, Current History, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and Le Monde Diplomatique. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cumings was also the principal historical consultant for the Thames Television/PBS six-hour documentary, Korea: The Unknown War. In 2007, he won the Kim Dae Jung Prize for Scholarly Contributions to Democracy, Human Rights and Peace. He has just completed Dominion From Sea to Sea: Pacific Ascendancy and American Power and is currently working on a synoptic single-volume study of the origins of the Korean War, as well as a book on the Northeast Asian political economy.

Regan Damron is a consultant in the Washington, DC, area providing methodology development and analytical support to U.S. government clients. Prior to this position, he worked for the U.S. Department of Defense on national security matters. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Georgia.

Rüdiger Frank is Professor of East Asian Economy and Society at the University of Vienna and the Acting Director of the Vienna School of Governance. He is also an adjunct professor at Korea University and at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, as well as a research affiliate of the Modern East Asia Research Centre in Leiden, Netherlands.