Books by Bruce Cumings
Bruce Cumings is Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. His first book, The Origins of the Korean War, won the John King Fairbank Book Award of the American Historical Association, and the second volume of this study won the Quincy Wright Book Award of the International Studies Association. He was the first recipient of the Kim Dae Jung Academic Award for Outstanding Achievements and Scholarly Contributions to Democracy, Human Rights and Peace granted by South Korea.
Korea's Place in the Sun
by B Cummings & Bruce Cumings
The best general history of Korea in the 19th and 20th century.
Interviews with Bruce Cumings
The best books on The Korean War, recommended by Bruce Cumings
Before Vietnam, America fought in the Korean War—but its role in that conflict has been far less examined. Award-winning historian Bruce Cumings talks about the misconceptions many people still hold, and how they distort our understanding of the current North Korean regime.
