Korea in world politics, 1940-1950

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Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), 1945-1989 (content), Second World War (content)
Creator: CHO, SOON SUNG (Author)
University of California Press (Publisher)
Production date: 1967
Place made: Berkeley, California
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 23cm., Pagination: x, 338p.
Catalogue number: LBY 51580

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