North & South Korea
By: Louise I. Gerdes, book editor.
Contributors: Gerdes, Louise I., 1953-
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780737737653; 9780737737660
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- Korea (North); Korea (North) -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Military relations -- Korea (South); Korea (South) -- Military relations -- United States
Other titles: North and South Korea
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-192) and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. Does North Korea pose a serious threat?; title: 1. North Korea poses a serious nuclear threat / William Perry; title: 2. The United States provoked the North Korean nuclear threat / Gregory Elich; title: 3. North Korea sponsors terrorism / Brendan I. Koerner; title: 4. North Korea does not sponsor terrorism / Ivan Eland; title: 5. North Korea's criminal activities pose an international threat / Michael Richardson; title: 6. Allegations of North Korean criminal activities are unsubstantiated / Kim Myong Chol; title: ch. 2. What policies toward North Korea are best?; title: 1. The regime in North Korea must be changed / James Hackett; title: 2. Regime change in North Korea will not make the world safer / Bruce Bennett, Nina Hachigian; title: 3. Aggressive U.S. policies will reduce the North Korean threat / Owen Price; title: 4. Aggressive U.S. policies will increase the North Korean threat / Robert Parry; title: 5. The United States should negotiate with North Korea / Selig S. Harrison; title: 6. The United States should not negotiate with North Korea / Dan Blumenthal; title: ch. 3. What policies will best serve South Korea?; title: 1. Korean reunification will be costly for South Korea / Bruce Bennett; title: 2. Fears about the costs of Korean reunification are exaggerated / Philip Bowring; title: 3. The U.S. military should withdraw from South Korea / Daniel Kennelly; title: 4. The U.S. military should not abandon its command in South Korea / Michael O'Hanlon; title: 5. South Korea's policy of engagement with North Korea should continue / Hankyoreh; title: 6. South Korea's policy of engagement with North Korea is not working / Gregory Rodriguez; title: ch. 4. Democracy and human rights in North and South Korea; title: 1. South Korean democracy benefits both Koreas / Balbina Y. Hwang; title: 2. South Korean democracy is threatened / Nicholas Eberstadt; title: 3. North Korea violates the human rights of its people / Jasper Becker; title: 4. North Korea should be encouraged to develop its own human rights reforms / John Feffer; title: 5. South Korea should not ignore human rights violations in North Korea / Economist; title: 6. The United States should make North Korean human rights a priority / Sung-Yoon Lee.