Korea has endured a "fractured, shattered 20th century," and this updated edition of KOREA'S PLACE IN THE SUN brings Bruce Cumings's leading history of the modern era into the present. The small country, overshadowed in the imperial era, crammed against great powers during the Cold War, and divided and decimated by the Korean War, has recently seen the first real hints of reunification. But positive movements forward are tempered by frustrating steps backward.