Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies Book

As soon as I saw the title 'The Koreans', I really wanted to read this book. I have been wondering about how the Korean history, culture, and people are reflected on the 'foreign eyes', as I was born in Korea and raised in this country.
One thing that I'm really proud of this country is that we have always overcome difficulties then showed 'miracles' to the world. Korean schools have taught me that the Han Bando(Korean Peninsula) is not just a small country, and we are living in the country that gives helps started from the country who were given help. I could learn so many things from this book and some of them were shameful. Shameful history, behaviors, and culture - they were very familiar to me, but somehow they made me embarrassing. It's true that we were not always good. Actually, I've seen so many shameful parts of Korea, such as racists, and my friends who are so ignorant about history. I think I wasn't paying attention to them that much before I read this book, and this book opened my eyes to see them. Reading this book, I kept questioning, "How does this foreign guy know so much about my country? Why did he 'analyze' us? Does the author really understand the hardships from the dark period of Korean history?". To be honest, I didn't feel great for the whole time, because he 'analyzed' us. However, everything was the fact. They made me look back on myself. Many foreigners(or even Koreans) question how Korea developed in 'that' speed, and why we are separated into 2 countries. I recommend this book if you want to find the answer to the questions about Korea, or if you want to understand and love Koreans.