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Divided Korea: Toward a Culture of Reconciliation

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Description for Divided Korea: Toward a Culture of Reconciliation Paperback. Series: Borderlines. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.

In 2002, North Korea precipitated a major international crisis when it revealed the existence of a secret nuclear weapons program and announced its withdrawal from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Earlier in the year, George W. Bush had declared North Korea part of the “axis of evil,” and soon afterward his administration listed the country as a potential target of a preemptive nuclear strike. Pyongyang’s angry reaction ensured the complete deterioration of relations on the Korean peninsula, where only two years before the leaders of North and South Korea had come together in a historic summit meeting.

 

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Divided Korea challenges the prevailing logic of confrontation and deterrence, embarking on a fundamental reassessment of both the roots of the conflict and the means to achieve a more stable political environment and, ultimately, peace. In order to realize a lasting solution, Bleiker concludes, the two Koreas and the international community must first show a willingness to accept difference and contemplate forgiveness as part of a broader reconciliation process.


Roland Bleiker is professor of international relations at the University of Queensland. From 1986 to 1988 he served as chief of office for the Swiss delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in Panmunjom.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Borderlines
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816645572
SKU
V9780816645572
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