1. The Legacy of the Father 2. Kumi Elementary School 3. The Taegu Normal School: The Years of Despair 4. Teacher Park Chung-Hee: 1937-1940 5. Manchuria and Park Chung-Hee 6. The Japanese Military Academy 7. The Japanese Empire in Crisis 8. Postwar China and Park Chung-He 9. The Trauma of Liberation 10. The South Korean Workers' Party 11. The Specter of Namnodang 12. The Korean War
Conclusions Epilogue: Authoritarianism and Economic Development About the Author Bibliography index