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120320s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2012009517 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781847922366 |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
ICrlF |
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pcc |
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| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
DS935.5 |
| Item number |
.C47 2012 |
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| Classification number |
951.93 |
| Edition number |
23 |
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(IMchF)fol14228482 |
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20170126095916.0 |
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52712 |
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UOWD |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Cha, Victor D., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1961- |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The impossible state : |
| Remainder of title |
North Korea, past and future / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Victor Cha. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Bodley Head, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2012. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 530 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Examines the history of North Korea, discussing the isolated country's political and economic culture, the rise to power of the Kim family, the human rights abuses against its own citizens, and its military and nuclear ambitions. |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-506) and index. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
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. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Korea (North) |
| General subdivision |
Politics and government. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Political culture |
| Geographic subdivision |
Korea (North) |
| General subdivision |
History. |
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| Geographic name |
Korea (North) |
| General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
United States |
| General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
| Geographic subdivision |
Korea (North) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Korea (North) |
| General subdivision |
Social conditions. |
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| Koha item type |
REGULAR |