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The impossible state : North Korea, past and future / Victor Cha

Author
Cha, Victor D., 1961-
Published
New York : Ecco, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
xii, 530 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

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Contents
Contradictions -- The Best Days -- All in the Family -- Five Bad Decisions -- The Worst Place on Earth -- The Logic of Deterrence -- Complete, Verifiable, and Irreversible Dismantlement (CVID) -- Neighbors -- Approaching Unification -- The End is Near.
Summary
Looks at the nation of North Korea, its history, social conditions, and place in world politics as it stands today and where it is likely to end up in the future. In this book the author, pulls back the curtain on provocative, isolationist North Korea, providing our best look yet at its history and the rise of the Kim family dynasty and the obsessive personality cult that empowers them. He illuminates the repressive regime's complex economy and culture, its appalling record of human rights abuses, and its belligerent relationship with the United States, and analyzes the regime's major security issues, from the seemingly endless war with its southern neighbor to its frightening nuclear ambitions, all in light of the destabilizing effects of Kim Jong-il's death and the transition of power to his unpredictable heir. This history warns of a regime that might be closer to its end than many might think, a political collapse for which America and its allies may be woefully unprepared.
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ISBN
9780061998508 (acid-free paper)
0061998508 (acid-free paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Robert E. Eiche Memorial Fund; 2016
Endowment Note
Robert E. Eiche Memorial Fund
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