한반도에서 남북분단정권이 성립된 1948년 8～9월부터 남한에서 이명박정부가 출범한 2008년 2월 직전까지 약 60년에 걸쳐 남한사회에서 전개된 통일논쟁 및 북한논쟁을 시기별로 분석한 책. 이 책은 보수우파적-친미반북적 시각과 진보좌파적-반미친북적 시각이 형성되고 발전한 배경과 그 배경에 작용한 요인들을 분석했다.

Chapter 1
Introdustion: The "North Korea Debates" and
the "Unification Debates" in South Korean Politics

Chapter 2
The Rigid Orthodox-Offical Policy on Unification and
North Korea Formulated (The Rhee Syngman Government
from August 1948 to April 1960)

Chapter 3
The Challenge of the Unorthodox Opposition Was Rejected by
the Voters (The Interim Government and the Chang Myon
Government from April 1960 to Mny 1961)

Chapter 4
The Dogmatic Orthodox-Official Policy Strengthened
through Coercive Power (The Millitary Government and
the Pseudo-Civilian Government under Park Chung Hee from
May 1961 to August 1970)

Chapter 5
The Exteral Challenge to the Dogmatic Orthodox-Official
Policy (The Park Chung Hee Government from August 1970 to
October 1972)

Chapter 6
The Rapid Growth of Unorthodox Opposition's Views on
North Korea and Unification under Suppression

Chapter 7
The Clear Bifurcation of the North Korea Debates and Unification
Debates into the Orthodox-Offical Position and the Unorthodox-
Unofficial Position in the 1980s (The Ch'oe Kyuha Government and the
Chun Doo Hwan Government from October 1979 to February 1988)
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Chapter 14