Divided Nations and Transitional Justice: What Germany, Japan and South Korea Can Teach the World [Hardcover]

Divided Nations and Transitional Justice considers how Korea, Germany and Japan have moved to address - and come to terms with - their wartime past. Asking what we can learn from the experiences of these countries, this collection considers issues relating to unification, peace, justice and reconciliation. It includes contributions from Kim Dae-jung (President of South Korea, 1998-2003) and Richard von Weizsaecker (President of Germany, 1984-1994), with their lifetime career experiences bringing added insight to the volume. This book moves to deliver messages of hope and vision on how to further the values of peace, reconciliation and cooperation in the 21st century.Collection of significant writings, one by the late South Korean president Kim Dae-jung, about how countries have addressed their wartime past.This timely book shows how two great presidential former leaders, Kim Dae-Jung (19252009) of Korea and Richard von Weizs?cker (1920 ) of Germany coped with the historic legacies of their countries on the basis of firm personal moral principles and despite being subject to institutional constraints and pressures from both inside and outside.
Political Studies Review
Chapter 1 Divided Nation, Unification and Transitional Justice: Why Do We Need a Communicative Approach?, Han Sang-Jin; Chapter 2 Three Objectives of Transitional Justice Today, Claus Offe; Part 1 Two Presidents on Peace and Unification of Divided Nations; Chapter 3 Ardent Dream of Divided Countries: Germany and Korea, KimDae-jung; Chapter 4 Willy Brandts Ostpolitik and the Sunshine Policy: What Can the Koreas Learn?, KimDae-jung; Chapter 5 Reflections on the End of the War That Divided Germany, R.von Weizs?cker; Chapter 6 Power of Dialogue for Peace, KimDae-jung; Chapter 7 Beyond Divided Nations: Reflection on Ostpolitik and Sunshine Policy, R.von Weizs?cker; Chapter 8 Four Conditions of Global Peace on the Korean Peninsula, KimDae-jung; Chapter 9 Reflection on Reconciliation Aplcë