North Korea : the paranoid peninsula : a modern history

Author(s)

• French, Paul

Bibliographic Information

North Korea : the paranoid peninsula : a modern history

Paul French

Zed Books, 2005

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-312) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This 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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations, Spellings and Figures Foreword Introduction Part I: The Juche Nation - Beloved Leaders, Brilliant Thoughts, Power Cuts and Empty Shelves 1. A Normal Day in Pyongyang 2. The Juche State - Political Theory in North Korea 3. The Revolutionary Dynasty - Leadership in North Korea Part II: The Economics of North Korea - Chollima, Speed Battles, Collapse and Famine 4. Economics Pyongyang Style - Command and Control 5. The Worst of Times - Food, Famine & the Arduous March 6. The Start of a Sort of Reform - Change & Regime Survival 7. The Reality of Reform - A Case Study of Sinuiju Part III: Diplomacy and Military - Foreign Relations, Nuclear Crisis and Self-Defence 8. Don't Poke the Snake - US-DPRK Relations 9. Nuclear Ambitions Revealed - Bluster, Brinkmanship or Battle? 10. Something Different Emerges - Military-First Part IV: Change, Collapse and Reunification 11. One Korea - The Dream of Reunification 12. The End is Nigh - How Will the Story of the DPRK Finish? 13. Conclusion - The World's Most Dangerous Tripwire 14. Postscript

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Details

• NCID: BA7307131X
• ISBN:
  • 1842774727
  • 1842774735
• LCCN: 2004048361
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 323 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS935
  • DC22 : 951.9304/3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Korea (North) -- History