Choko
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Post by Choko on Nov 28, 2005 18:07:13 GMT -5
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Post by Alexa on Nov 28, 2005 19:09:01 GMT -5
I would definetely want to read it for the simple fact that I would read anything that has to do with Yi Soon Shin
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Post by Daemado on Nov 28, 2005 20:55:58 GMT -5
Thanks very much Choko for the information! Hanbooks.com lists the book for $72.17. According to this BBS at SNU and other sources Mr. Hawley teaches freshman English at Yonsei, and has history degrees from Canadian universities. I may well order a copy but I'm not letting my own expectations get too high. The article suggests that it's more of a compilation of existing Korean sources rather than original research. Here are a few quotes: I hope someday we will see an English-language work on the Imjin War that draws on Japanese and Chinese sources as well as the standard Korean references. Realistically it seems that this is the best book we're likely to get.
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Post by roxelana hybrida on Nov 29, 2005 11:55:16 GMT -5
I would consider buying this just based on the cover art. (Yes, I have been known to judge a book by its cover! )
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Choko
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Post by Choko on Nov 29, 2005 16:31:42 GMT -5
I guess the Canadian writer enjoyed IYSS so much.
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Post by WangKon on Dec 6, 2005 13:12:33 GMT -5
I just got my copy in the mail yesterday. I had it international airbored. It actually quotes both Chinese and Japanese sources in addition to Korean ones.
I've also read "Samurai Invasions" by Stephen Turnbull and will be able to compare the two books once I get to read "The Imjin War."
Initial thoughts? Few maps and illistrations, but densely written with a lot of detail. Written in an interesting and lurid prose style. Hawley is a trained scholar first, military historian second. Turnbull is a military historian first and a scholar second.
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Post by moreshige unlogged on Dec 9, 2005 19:38:07 GMT -5
I just got my copy in the mail yesterday. I had it international airbored. It actually quotes both Chinese and Japanese sources in addition to Korean ones. I've also read "Samurai Invasions" by Stephen Turnbull and will be able to compare the two books once I get to read "The Imjin War." Initial thoughts? Few maps and illistrations, but densely written with a lot of detail. Written in an interesting and lurid prose style. Hawley is a trained scholar first, military historian second. Turnbull is a military historian first and a scholar second. Thanks for the insight, Wangkon. I've read Turnbull's book and I look forward to reading Hawley's work. If you get a chance to compare the two, could you find any factual discrepencies? I don't recall Turnbull refering to any Chinese sources though. I don't know if you know but the account about Kwon Yul's famous exploits at Toksan was different from what my mother heard or learned growing up during the late 50's. When she told me her version, I wondered who was more accurate or closer to the truth.
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