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North Korea: The Struggle Against American Power
Tim Beal
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Description for North Korea: The Struggle Against American Power
paperback. This book demystifies North Korea by looking beyond the 'axis of evil' label. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 maps, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
This book seeks to demystify North Korea by cutting through the propaganda to unearth the complex and contradictory realities of this unique country. The North is not a 'workers' paradise' but neither is it a threat to its neighbours and the world. The once vigorous economy was devastated by the collapse of the Soviet Union and now its main foreign policy objective, and the key to its economic rehabilitation, is normalisation of relations with the United States. But not normalisation at the expense of independence.
Tim Beal reveals a country overburdened by military spending that sees ... Read more
This book seeks to demystify North Korea by cutting through the propaganda to unearth the complex and contradictory realities of this unique country. The North is not a 'workers' paradise' but neither is it a threat to its neighbours and the world. The once vigorous economy was devastated by the collapse of the Soviet Union and now its main foreign policy objective, and the key to its economic rehabilitation, is normalisation of relations with the United States. But not normalisation at the expense of independence.
Tim Beal reveals a country overburdened by military spending that sees ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745320137
SKU
V9780745320137
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-17
About Tim Beal
Tim Beal has researched and taught widely on Asian politics and business and is currently focused on North Korea. He has recently retired from the School of Marketing and International Business at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He is the author of Crisis in Korea (Pluto, 2011) and North Korea: The Struggle Against American Power (Pluto, 2005).
Reviews for North Korea: The Struggle Against American Power
'Timely, important, and provocative. A useful corrective to the stereotypes and misinformation that pervade 'conventional wisdom' about North Korea'
Professor Charles Armstrong, Director, The Center for Korean Research, Columbia University. Author of The North KoreanRevolution, 1945-1950 'Significantly more even handed than the vast majority of what Americans read or hear'
Reference & Research Book News, May 2006
Professor Charles Armstrong, Director, The Center for Korean Research, Columbia University. Author of The North KoreanRevolution, 1945-1950 'Significantly more even handed than the vast majority of what Americans read or hear'
Reference & Research Book News, May 2006