North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula: A Modern HistoryThis reissue of Paul French's acclaimed introduction to North Korea provides an up-to-the-minute overview of the politics, economics and history of the DPRK, with added chapters dealing with recent events. A new foreword examines why North Korea remains an issue in world politics and argues that an understanding of the country is more important now than ever. A new in-depth postscript offers analysis of recent years, why Pyongyang felt compelled to test a bomb and revert to blatant nuclear diplomacy, and how the crisis can be resolved peacefully. |
Contents
Beloved Leaders Brilliant | 9 |
Political Theory in North Korea | 30 |
Leadership in North Korea | 48 |
Command and Control | 73 |
Food Famine and the Arduous March | 115 |
Change and Regime Survival | 138 |
A Case Study of Sinuiju | 166 |
USDPRK Relations | 185 |
Bluster Brinkmanship or Battle? | 208 |
Military First | 216 |
The Dream of Reunification | 233 |
How Will the Story End? | 257 |
The Worlds Most Dangerous Tripwire | 272 |
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References to this book
The American Challenge: The World Resists US Liberalism Robert Catley,David Mosler Limited preview - 2007 |