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In 1948, two years before Cold War tensions resulted in the invasion of South Korea by North Korea that started the Korean War, the first major political confrontation between leftists and rightists occurred on the South Korean island of Cheju, where communist activists disrupted United Nations-sanctioned elections and military personnel were deployed. What began as a counterinsurgency operation targeting 350 local rebels resulted in the deaths of roughly 30,000 uninvolved civilians, 10 percent of the island's population. Su-kyoung Hwang's Korea's Grievous War recounts the civilian experience of anticommunist violence, beginning with the Cheju Uprising in 1948 and continuing through the Korean War until 1953. Wartime declarations of emergency by both the U.S. and Korean governments were issued to contain communism, but a major consequence of their actions was to contribute to the loss of more than two million civilian lives. Hwang inventories the persecutions of left-leaning intellectuals under the South Korean regime of Syngman Rhee and the executions of political prisoners and innocent civilians to «prevent» their collaboration with North Korea. She highlights the role of the United States in observing, documenting, and yet failing to intervene in the massacres and of the U.S. Air Force's three-year firebombing campaign in North and South Korea. Hwang draws on archival research and personally conducted interviews to recount vividly the acts of anticommunist violence at the human level and illuminate the sufferings of civilian victims. Korea's Grievous War presents the historical background, political motivations, legal bases, and social consequences of anticommunist violence, tracing the enduring legacy of this destruction in the testimonies of survivors and bereaved families that only now can give voice to the lived experience of this grievous war and its aftermath.

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Introduction

Technical specifications

Scooter construction

Operation of the scooter

• Controls
• Control devices
• Ignition switch
• Inspection before the trip
• Fueling the scooter
• Starting the engine
• Tips for managing the scooter
• Maintenance
• Running in
• Routine work

Engine

• General information
• The design and operation of a four-stroke engine
• Carter
• Crank mechanism
• Valve head
• Replacing the piston
• Adjusting the valve clearance
• Check sizes

Power system

• General information
• Carburettor
• Fuel tank
• Vacuum tap
• Diagnosis of the quality of the mixture by the color of the spark plug insulator

Lubrication system

• General information
• Checking engine oil level
• Oil pump

Transmission

• Device and principle of operation
• Disassembling of a variator
• Replacing the weights of the variator
• The trigger mechanism
• Reducer

Chassis

• Basic information
• Frame
• Front suspension
• Rear suspension
• Front and rear suspension dimensions
• Suspension adjustment
• Disks and tires

Brake system

• General information
• Front brake
• Rear brake mechanism
• Replacement of front brake pads

Electrical equipment

• General information
• Schematic diagrams of electrical equipment
• Generator
• Battery

Caring for your scooter

• Caring for appearance
• Repair of plastic panels

Application

• Diagnosis of possible malfunctions and their elimination
• Tips for buying a new scooter
• Tips for buying a used scooter
• Scooter preparation for winter
• Scooter tuning

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