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Defiant Failed State: The North Korean Threat to International Security
Bechtol, Bruce E., Jr.
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Description for Defiant Failed State: The North Korean Threat to International Security
hardcover. Shows how the North Korean government has adapted to the post-Cold War environment and poses a multifaceted danger to US national security and that of its allies. This book sheds new light on the nature of the North Korean threat and the key foreign policy issues that remain unresolved between the United States and South Korea. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Since the 1990s, the American government has under prioritized the North Korean threat to global security, according to Bruce Bechtol, an associate professor of political science at Angelo State University. Because North Korea appears economically weak and politically unstable, it is therefore often categorized as a state on the brink of collapse, or a failed state. But Bechtol makes a convincing case that North Korea is more complex and menacing than it how it has often been characterized.Defiant Failed State shows how the North Korean government has adapted to the post–Cold War environment and poses a multifaceted danger to U.S. ... Read more
Since the 1990s, the American government has under prioritized the North Korean threat to global security, according to Bruce Bechtol, an associate professor of political science at Angelo State University. Because North Korea appears economically weak and politically unstable, it is therefore often categorized as a state on the brink of collapse, or a failed state. But Bechtol makes a convincing case that North Korea is more complex and menacing than it how it has often been characterized.Defiant Failed State shows how the North Korean government has adapted to the post–Cold War environment and poses a multifaceted danger to U.S. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781597975315
SKU
V9781597975315
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About Bechtol, Bruce E., Jr.
BRUCE E. BECHTOL JR. is an associate professor of political science at Angelo State University. Formerly a senior intelligence analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency, he is currently on the editorial advisory board of the Korea Observer. He also serves as the president of the International Council on Korean Studies and sits on the board of directors of the Council on ... Read more
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