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North Korea: the paranoid peninsula - a modern history / Paul French

By: French, Paul Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Zed Books, 2007Edition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 334 pISBN: 9781842779057 (pb); 9781842779040 (hb)Subject(s): History -- North KoreaDDC classification: 951.93

Contents:

Part 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

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	951.93 FRE/N (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P11825

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 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

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