North Korea's nuclear question : sense of vulnerability, defensive motivation, and peaceful solution / Kwang Ho Chun.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Chun, Kwang Ho

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Series:

SSI monograph

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballistic missiles--Korea (North).

Ballistic missiles.

Nuclear weapons--Korea (North)--Testing.

Nuclear weapons.

National security--United States.

National security.

United States--Foreign relations--Korea (North).

United States.

Korea (North)--Foreign relations--United States.

Korea (North).

Diplomatic relations.

Nuclear weapons--Testing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 44 pages)

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, Pa. : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2010]

Summary:

"Why have efforts to dismantle the North Korean nuclear program failed so far? What can be done in order to achieve a peaceful and long-lasting resolution to this conundrum? To answer these questions, this monograph scrutinizes and refutes two prevailing academic-cum-policy approaches to the North Korean nuclear questions: the use of coercive tools within a general framework of containment and bypassing the regime in Pyongyang, and engaging the Korean people with the hope that they will gain enough power to transform North Korea into a democratic nuclear-free country. Dr. Kwang Ho Chun argues that neither of these can provide any meaningful solution to the North Korean nuclear questions. Instead, he suggests that engaging the regime in Pyongyang and forgoing endeavors to forcefully push democracy in North Korea are inseparable prerequisites to a peaceful and lasting solution to this problem."--Page iii

Contents:

Summary

Introduction

Nuclear weapons, motivation, and sense of vulnerability

A historical review of North Korea's perceived vulnerability and its nuclear program

The height of the Cold War (1950-68)

Détente and rapprochement (1969-89)

The collapse of the Communist bloc and its aftermath : from the late 1980s to the Framework Agreement

Following the 1994 Framework Agreement

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on January 6, 2011).

"December 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-44).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Chun, Kwang Ho. North Korea's nuclear question

OCLC:

695457225

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