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North Korea under Kim Jong Il : from consolidation to systemic dissonance / Sung Chull Kim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kim, Sung Chull, 1956-
- Series:
- Praeger security international (Series)
- Praeger security international
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National security--Korea (North).
- National security.
- Political leadership--Korea (North).
- Political leadership.
- Korea (North)--Politics and government.
- Korea (North).
- Korea (North)--Foreign relations.
- Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011.
- Kim, Chŏng-il.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This much-needed study draws on fresh material and firsthand observation to provide an understanding of North Korea as it exists today.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Kim Chong-il as leader: Establishing the Kim Chong-il system ; Crisis management : experimenting with reform ; Kim family politics ; Rollback of reforms ; New faces emerge as North Korea takes a different tack at reform
- pt. 2. Passing the torch to a third generation: Third hereditary succession ; Challenges for the future.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313381763
- 9780313381768
- 1429458003
- 9781429458009
- 0791480933
- 9780791480939
- 1283223953
- 9781283223959
- 079146928X
- 9780791469286
- 9786613223951
- OCLC:
- 746916878
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