North Korea :
by French, Paul
Published by : Zed Books (London, England) Physical details: xviii, 462 pages ; 22 cm ISBN:9781780329482; 1780329482; 9781780329475; 1780329474.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 - 999 | 951.93 Fre (Browse shelf) | Available | 102172 |
Revision of: North Korea : the paranoid peninsula.
The Juche nation : beloved leaders, brilliant thoughts, power cuts and empty shelves. A normal day in Pyongyang ; The Juche state : political theory in North Korea ; The revolutionary dynasty : leadership in North Korea -- The economics of North Korea : Chollima, speed battles, collapse and famine. Economics Pyongyang style : command and control ; The worst of times : food, famine, and the arduous march ; The start of a sort of reform : change and regime survival ; The reality of reform : a case study of Sinuiju Diplomacy and military : foreign relations, nuclear crisis and self-defence. Don't poke the snake : US-DPRK relations ; Nuclear ambitions revealed : bluster, brinkmanship or battle? ; 'Military first' emerges -- Change, collapse, and reunification. One Korea : the dream of reunification ; Kim3 : the dynasty continues ; How will the story end? -- Still the world's most dangerous tripwire.
North Korea continues to make headlines, arousing curiosity and fear in equal measure. The world's most secretive nuclear power, it still has Gulag-style prison camps, allows no access to the Internet and bans its people from talking to foreigners without official approval. In this remarkable and eye-opening book, Paul French examines in forensic detail the history and politics of North Korea, Pyongyang's complex relations with South Korea, Japan, China and America, and the implications of Kim Jong-un's increasingly belligerent leadership following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il. This book delivers a provocative and frightening account of a potentially explosive nuclear tripwire.
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