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1 online resource (xxi, 249 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index. |
Contents |
North Korea in context -- Drawing the iron curtain -- Kim's Korea -- A life in wonderland -- Food, famine and fugitives -- WMD paranoia rules -- Negotiating its place -- Changing regime or regime change? |
Summary |
North Korea's development and testing of nuclear weapons made headlines in the Western media, but is the country really a threat to the rest of the world? This accessible introduction examines the country's history and focuses on whether the threat is realistic or exaggerated by the US in order to gain international support for the 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 them to give up their nuclear weapons, and enough assistance to enable the economic and social reforms that the country so desperately needs. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Korea (North) -- Politics and government -- 1994-2011.
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Korea (North) |
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Politics and government. |
Chronological Term |
1994-2011 |
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Korea (North) -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994.
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Chronological Term |
1948-1994 |
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Korea (North) -- Foreign relations.
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International relations. |
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Korea (North) -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Weapons of mass destruction -- Korea (North)
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Weapons of mass destruction. |
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Nuclear nonproliferation -- Korea (North)
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Nuclear nonproliferation. |
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Korea (North) -- Military policy.
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Military policy. |
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Korea (North) -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1945-2007 |
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1948-2011 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Kwon, Soyoung.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Ford, Glyn. North Korea on the brink. London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press, c2008 9780745325996 0745325998 (DLC) 2008295570 (OCoLC)171553173 |
ISBN |
9781849643320 electronic book |
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1849643326 electronic book |
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9780745325996 hardback |
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0745325998 hardback |
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074532598X paperback |
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9780745325989 paperback |
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1281878758 |
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9781281878755 |
Standard No. |
9786611878757 |
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