How to Divide a Country: The Making of Two Koreas in the Post-1945 World

From nuclear crises to the Korean Wave, much of what defines contemporary Korea traces back to the circumstances of its division into North and South Korea in 1948. Rooted in the history of Korea, but keeping in comparative view the cases of Germany, Ireland, South Asia, and others, this course brings together sources from literature, popular media, propaganda, and declassified government documents to examine the global phenomenon of partition.