French, Paul

North Korea: the paranoid peninsula - a modern history / Paul French - 2nd ed. - London: Zed Books, 2007. - xviii, 334 p.

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

9781842779057 (pb) 9781842779040 (hb)


History --North Korea

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