The real North Korea : life and politics in the failed Stalinist utopia / Andrei Lankov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lanʹkov, A. N. (Andreĭ Nikolaevich), author.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Korea (North)--Foreign relations.

Korea (North).

Korea (North)--Politics and government--1994-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 304 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Society Kim II Sung Built and How He Did It 1

Captain Kim Returns Home 1

Way to War 9

Between Moscow and Beijing: The Foreign Policy of Kim II Sung s North Korea 15

Dealing with the South 27

The Command Society 34

A Country of Camps 45

The World According to Kim II Sung 50

The Silver Lining in a Social Disaster 61

The Birth of Juche, the Rise of the Son, and the Slow-Motion Demise of a Hyper-Stalinist Economy 67

Chapter 2 Two Decades of Crisis 75

And Then the World Changed 75

Capitalism Reborn 82

The State Withers Away 88

Taking the Exit Option: Not an Exodus Yet, But... 94

Arrival in Paradise, aka Capitalist Hell 97

Changing Worldviews 102

Chapter 3 The Logic of Survival (Domestically) 109

Reform as Collective Political Suicide 109

Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: (Not-So-Successful) Crackdowns on Market Activity 119

A Disaster That Almost Happened: The Currency Reform of 2009 126

The Belated Rise of a "New Star General" 132

The Sudden Beginning of a New Era 135

Chapter 4 Survival Diplomacy 145

Playing the Nuclear Card 146

Aid-Maximizing Diplomacy 150

Meanwhile, in South Korea... (the Rise of 386ers and Its Consequences) 157

A Decade of Sunshine 162

The Sun Sets 172

The Entry of China 179

INTERLUDE The Contours of a Future: What Might Happen to North Korea in the Next Two Decades 187

Why North Korea Is Likely to Continue for a While (But Not Forever) 188

Contours of a Coming Crisis 191

Stability Will Return, but How? 196

Chapter 5 What to Do about the North? 203

Why the Sticks Are Not Big Enough 203

Why the Carrots Are Not Sweet Enough (and Why "Strategic Patience" Is Not a Great Idea, Either) 208

Thinking Long Term 212

The Hidden Benefits of Engagement 217

Reaching the People 225

Why They Matter: Working with the Refugees in South Korea 228

Chapter 6 Being Ready for What We Wish For 233

A Perfect Storm 234

A Provisional Confederation as the Least Unacceptable Solution 243

Something about Painkillers ... 252.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

OCLC:

839305245

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