num_pages: 272
description: Despite frequent predictions of imminent collapse, the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea continues to pose a threat to South Korea. The armed forces continue to be the core of the regime, deploying formidable paramilitary and internal security forces against its own people, maintaining a wide network of intelligence services throughout the region and developing an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. The Armed Forces of North Korea provides a detailed account of the links between the regime and the forces, and then describes each wing: air, naval, ground forces, paramilitary, internal security, and intelligence reviews.
language: English
title: Shield of the Great Leader: The Armed Forces of North Korea
titlecomplete: Shield of the Great Leader: The Armed Forces of North Korea (The Armed Forces of Asia)
ratings_count: 7
publisher: I. B. Tauris