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100 1 _aFrench, Paul,
_919991
245 1 0 _aNorth Korea : the paranoid peninsula--a modern history /
_cPaul French.
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bZed Books ;
_aNew York :
_bDistributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,
_cc2005.
300 _axvi, 323 p. ;
_c25 cm.
505 0 _aPart 1. The Juche nation : beloved leaders, brilliant thoughts, power cuts and empty shelves. A normal day in Pyongyang -- The Juche state : political theory in North Korea -- The revolutionary dynasty : leadership in North Korea -- Part 2. The economics of North Korea : Chollima, speed battles, collapse and famine. Economics Pyongyang style : command and control -- The worst of times : food, famine and the arduous march -- The start of a sort of reform : change and regime survival -- The reality of reform : a case study of Sinuiju -- Part 3. Diplomacy and the military : foreign relations, nuclear crisis and self-defence. Don't poke the snake : US-DPRK relations -- Nuclear ambitions revealed : bluster, brinkmanship or battle? -- Something different emerges : 'Military first' -- Part 4. Change, collapse and reunification. One Korea : the dream of reunification -- How will the story end? -- Conclusion : the world's most dangerous tripwire.
651 0 _aKorea (North)
_xHistory.
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