000			01559nam a2200193 4500
020			_a9781842779057 (pb)
020			_a9781842779040 (hb)
040			_cCUS
082			_a951.93 _bFRE/N
100			_aFrench, Paul _919991
245			_aNorth Korea: the paranoid peninsula - a modern history / _cPaul French
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aLondon: _bZed Books, _c2007.
300			_axviii, 334 p.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aPart I The Juche Nation: Beloved Leaders, Brilliant Thoughts, Power Cuts and Empty Shelves 1. A Normal Day in Pyongyang -- 2. The Juche State: Political Theory in North Korea -- 3. The Revolutionary Dynasty: Leadership in North Korea Part II The Economics of North Korea: Chollima, Speed Battles, Collapse and Famine 4. Economics Pyongyang Style: Command and Control -- 5. The Worst of Times: Food, Famine and the Arduous March -- 6. The Start of a Sort of Reform: Change and Regime Survival -- 7. The Reality of Reform: A Case Study of Sinuiju Part III Diplomacy and the Military: Foreign Relations, Nuclear Crisis and Self-Defence 8. Don't Poke the Snake: US-DPRK Relations -- 9. Nuclear Ambitions Revealed: Bluster, Brinkmanship or Battle? -- 10. Something Different Emerges: 'Military First' Part IV Change, Collapse and Reunification 11. One Korea: The Dream of Reunification -- 12. How Will the Story End? -- 13. Conclusion: The World's Most Dangerous Tripwire -- Postscript: Decline, Deadlock and Hope
650			_aHistory _xNorth Korea _920086
942			_cWB16
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