The impossible state : North Korea, past and future /
By: Cha, Victor D
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BookPublisher: London : Bodley Head, c2012.Edition: 1st ed.Description: xii, 530 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781847922366Subject(s): Korea (North) -- Politics and government | Political culture -- Korea (North) -- History | Korea (North) -- Foreign relations -- United States | United States -- Foreign relations -- Korea (North) | Korea (North) -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 951.93
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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.
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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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-506) and index.
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.