North Korea
Subtitle: the paranoid peninsula
By: Paul French.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Zed Books; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9781842779057; 9781842779040
Subjects: Korea (North) -- History
Description: "This new edition of Paul French's acclaimed introduction to North Korea provides an up-to-the-minute overview of the politics, economics and history of the DPRK, with added chapters dealing with recent events. A new foreword examines why North Korea remains an issue in world politics and argues that an understanding of the country is more important now than ever. A new in-depth postscript offers analysis of recent years, why Pyongyang felt compelled to test a bomb and revert to blatant nuclear diplomacy, and how the crisis can be resolved peacefully."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. The Juche nation - beloved leaders, brilliant thoughts, power cuts and  empty shelves: Ch. 1. A normal day in Pyongyang; title: Ch. 2. The Juche state; title: political theory in North Korea; title: Ch. 3. The revolutionary dynasty; title: leadership in North Korea; title: Part 2. The economics of North Korea; title: chollima, speed battles, collapse and famine: Ch. 4. Economics Pyongyang style; title: command and control; title: Ch. 5. The worst of times; title: food, famine & the arduous march; title: Ch. 6. The start of a sort of reform; title: change & regime survival; title: Ch. 7. The reality of reform; title: a case study of Sinuiju; title: Part 3. Diplomacy and military; title: foreign relations, nuclear crisis and self-defence: Ch. 8. Don't poke the snake; title: US-DPRK relations; title: Ch. 9. Nuclear ambitions revealed; title: bluster, brinkmanship or battle?; title: Ch. 10. Something different emerges; title: military-first; title: Part 4. Change, collapse and reunification: Ch. 11. One Korea; title: the dream of reunification; title: Ch. 12. The end is nigh; title: how will the story of the DPRK finish?; title: Ch. 13. Conclusion; title: the world's most dangerous tripwire.