North Korea : the struggle against American power / Tim Beal.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press, 2005Description: ix, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0745320147
- 9780745320144
- 0745320139
- 9780745320137
- 951.93043 22
- DS935.5 .B43 2005
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 951.93043 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A342622B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Fulcrum of geography, anvil of history: DPRK in historical perspective -- The roots of modern Korea: from Tangun to liberation -- Years of struggle, years of hope: Korean War to first nuclear crisis -- Creation of the Agreed Framework and the flowering of dätente -- Crisis reignited: economic reform, regional accord, Washington discord -- Part II: The pillars of confrontation -- The human rights record: complexities, causes, solutions -- Drugs and generals -- The nuclear confrontation -- On the precipice: options, positions and dangers at the start of the second Bush administration --
Introduction -- Part I: Fulcrum of geography, anvil of history: DPRK in historical perspective -- Introduction -- The roots of modern Korea: from Tangun to liberation -- Years of struggle, years of hope: Korean War to first nuclear crisis -- Creation of the Agreed Framework and the flowering of dt̃ente -- Crisis reignited: economic reform, regional accord, Washington discord -- Part II: The pillars of confrontation -- Introduction -- The human rights record: complexities, causes, solutions -- Drugs and generals -- The nuclear confrontation -- On the precipice: options, positions and dangers at the start of the second Bush administration.
Explores North Korea's political (and military) relations with the rest of the world, particularly South Korea and the United States, and examines North Korea's alleged 'nuclear threat' and its consequences. This study discusses key controversies, and provides the historical basis to understanding today's tensions.
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