1 option
North Korea on the brink : struggle for survival / Glyn Ford ; with Soyoung Kwon ; foreword by Garth Evans.
Van Pelt Library DS935.754 .F67 2008
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ford, Glyn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Politics and government.
- Korea (North)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Korea (North).
- Korea (North)--Foreign relations.
- Korea (North)--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Weapons of mass destruction--Korea (North).
- Weapons of mass destruction.
- Nuclear nonproliferation--Korea (North).
- Nuclear nonproliferation.
- Korea (North)--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- Korea (North)--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- North Korea's development and testing of nuclear weapons made headlines in the Western media, but how much of a threat is the country to the rest of the world? This accessible introduction examines the country's history from 1945 until the current crisis focusing on whether the threat is realistic or exaggerated by the US in order to gain international support for its controversial missile defence system. It also shows what the EU can do to engage with North Korea and counterbalance the US policy of isolationism.
- North Korea is struggling to survive in the face of US threats of pre-emptive action and regime change by developing its own weapons of mass destruction. For the EU, the challenge is to resolve this stand-off, providing North Korea with sufficient security guarantees to enable it to give up its nuclear weapons, and enough assistance to enable the economic and social reforms that the country so desperately needs.
- Contents:
- Preamble xv
- 1 North Korea in context 1
- Northern exposure 1
- Hypocrisy and democracy 5
- Regional perspectives 8
- European voice 9
- Going North 12
- 2 Drawing the Iron Curtain 16
- Geography 16
- The Yanks arrive 18
- Revolts, riots and invasion 20
- Annexation and resistance 20
- Rising nationalism 21
- Kim enters stage left 22
- Colonial consequences 23
- The Soviets come and go 26
- Gerrymandered elections 28
- Pre-war war 29
- Stalin says yes 31
- Mao concurs 32
- Who kicked off? 33
- Civil war to cold war conflict 33
- The process 37
- Going for a draw 39
- POWs 41
- Hangover 44
- Winners and losers 46
- 3 Kim's Korea 48
- Divide and rule 49
- Kim under threat 50
- Then there was one 52
- Leaving Marx 54
- Economy takes off 56
- Heroes of labour 58
- Economic turbulence 60
- Economic autarky 60
- Economy in reverse 62
- Welfare state 63
- Alone abroad 66
- Switching partners 68
- Alternative to the Soviet bloc 69
- Friends and foes 70
- Reunification of the Fatherland 73
- Kim's legacy 76
- 4 A life in Wonderland 79
- Building the nation 79
- Shaping the nation 84
- Controlling the nation 88
- Juche culture 93
- Manga mania 95
- Bread and circuses 96
- Games people play 100
- National health 103
- Equal opportunities 105
- Crime and punishment 107
- Coming out? 110
- 5 Food, famine and fugitives 112
- Food and famine 113
- Korea's cry for help 114
- Calling on the EU 115
- Aid at what cost? 118
- EU aid 121
- Solving its own problems 121
- Reform's rhetoric 125
- In our own style 125
- Factions 129
- Reading the signs 131
- Kim 3 132
- Flood of refugees? 132
- Defectors' world tour 137
- North Korean Human Rights Act 140
- EU talks about human rights 141
- Things can only get better 143
- Same country, two pictures 144
- 6 WMD paranoia rules 145
- Team America 145
- Military perception 146
- WMD 147
- Nukes 148
- Framing an agreement 151
- Nukes II 154
- Nuclear club 157
- Missiles' reality 158
- Born on the fourth of July 160
- Star Wars 161
- Comrades-in-arms 165
- Security perception or reality 168
- 7 Negotiating its place 169
- Traditional allies 169
- Inter-Korea relations 172
- Sleeping with the enemy 176
- Broken promises 180
- KEDO 183
- Six-party talks 186
- Back to square one 190
- New partner for dialogue 193
- 8 Changing regime or regime change? 199
- Kim's regime 200
- Nuclear crisis I 201
- Nuclear crisis II 202
- Reform rules 203
- Reading the signs 205
- EU: payer or player 209
- Diverging interests 210
- Possible solutions 214.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780745325996
- 0745325998
- 074532598X
- 9780745325989
- OCLC:
- 171553173
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.