North Korea
Subtitle: The Struggle Against American Power
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: September 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780745320144
Subjects: International relations; History; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Politics/International Relations; ASIA; Asia - Korea; International Relations - General; History / Asia; Asia - General; 21st century; Foreign relations; Korea (North); Nuclear weapons; United States; World politics
First sentence: Born out of the division of Korea following the surrender of the Japanese empire in 1945, North Korea had been one of the star performers of the developing world, vigorously industrialising on the basis of a proclaimed programme of 'self-reliance'.