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김대중의 노벨 원정 (Kim Dae Jung and the Quest for the Nobel)

오는 8월 21일, 미국에서 "김대중의 노벨 원정"(영문판)이 출간됩니다. 많은 관심과 성원 부탁드립니다. 

서평:

놀랄만한 책이다. 지난 2000년, 김대중 대통령의 노벨평화상을 사냥하기 위해 한국 정부가 노벨위원회를 대상으로 벌인 장기간의 비밀 캠페인을 파헤친 책이다. 이와 같은 충격적인 주장은, 예전에 활용할 수 없었던 국가정보원의 공식 문서를 광범위하게 인용함으로써 뒷받침되고 있는데, 국정원은 김대중의 노벨상 공작을 총지휘한 기구였으며, 이 책의 공저자 중 한 명은, 전직국정원 직원으로서 직접 그 비밀 공작에 참여했던 사람이기도 하다. 누구든지 이 책을 읽고나면, 더 이상 노벨평화상을 (또한 그런 의미에서 김대중의 대북 햇볕정책을) 예전과 같이 생각하지 않게 될 것이다. -니콜라스 에버스타트- 

Review:

"This is an astonishing book: a journalistic account of the South Korean government's secret campaign to 'game' the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to ROK Preisdent Kim Dae Jung through a long-term, surreptitious effort at manipulating the Nobel Committee itself. These explosive allegations are backed up through extensive citation of previously unavailable official documents from the South Korean intelligence service, which orchestrated this 'NP campaign', and by one of the book's co-authors, who was him self an operative in this undercover mission. No one who reads this book will ever think about the Nobel Peace Prize (or for that matter, President Kim Dae Jung's 'Sunshine Policy' toward North Korea) the same way again." - Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute, senior adviser to the National Bureau of Asian Research, and author of The End of North Korea  

About the Author:

Kim Ki-sam served eight years as an officer in South Korea's National Intelligence Service before publicly disclosing the secrets of Kim Dae-jung's quest for the Nobel. A law graduate of Seoul National University, he sought and eventually won asylum in the US to escape persecution. He now practices law in the US while living near Harrisburg with his family. Donald Kirk, a veteran correspondent for newspapers and magazines, has reported on wars Southeast Asia to the middle east. He writes about nuclear and foreign policy issues in Asia, notably on the Korean peninsula and the Indian subcontinent, and is the author of six books, including three on Korea. He divides his time between Asia and his base in Washington DC.

 

How the President of South Korea Bought the Peace Prize and Financed Kim Jong-il's Nuclear Program [Hardcover]

Book Description

August 21, 2013  1137353082  978-1137353085

Kim Kisam, a former South Korean intelligence officer, has collaborated with Donald Kirk, journalist and author, in a study of the campaign waged by Kim Dae-jung, the former South Korean president, to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This book, relying heavily on files that Kim obtained from Korean intelligence sources before seeking asylum in the US, reveals an array of resources dedicated to the quest that culminated in Kim Dae-jung's winning the prize in 2000. The book details the strategy and tactics used to win over highly placed Norwegians and Swedes as well as foreign journalists with emphasis on the misallocation of resources. Most importantly, the book shows the relentless pursuit of the prize as the motive for bringing about the inter-Korean summit of June 2000 at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars paid to North Korea's Kim Jong-il – funds used to finance missile and nuclear programs that threaten the region and the world.