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The impossible state : North Korea, past and future / Victor Cha

By:

Cha, Victor D, 1961- [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018Edition: Second Ecco paperback edition; Updated editionDescription: xvi, 555 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780062906366
0062906364

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

DS935.5 .C47 2018

Contents:

Contradictions -- The best days -- All in the family -- Five bad decisions -- The worst place on Earth -- The logic of deterrence -- Complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement (CVID) -- Neighbors -- Approaching unification -- The end is near -- Unpredictable -- Epilogue: Whiplash

Summary: "In The Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on provocative, isolationist North Korea, providing our best look yet at its history and the rise of the Kim family dynasty and the obsessive personality cult that empowers them. Cha illuminates the repressive regime's complex economy and culture, its appalling record of human rights abuses, and its belligerent relationship with the United States, and analyzes the regime's major security issues, from the seemingly endless war with its southern neighbor to its frightening nuclear ambitions, all in light of the destabilizing effects of Kim Jong-il's death and the transition of power to his unpredictable heir. Ultimately, this engaging written, authoritative, and highly accessible history warns of a regime that straddles war and peace, yet might be closer to its end than many might think, a political collapse for which America and its allies may be woefully unprepared."--Back cover

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Title notes ( 5 )

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	UAE Federation Library \| مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection \| المجموعات العامة	DS935.5 .C47 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.1	Library Use Only \| داخل المكتبة فقط		30020000069404
Book	UAE Federation Library \| مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection \| المجموعات العامة	DS935.5 .C47 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.2	Available		30020000069403

Previous edition: 2013

"With a new chapter on the historic meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references and index

"In The Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on provocative, isolationist North Korea, providing our best look yet at its history and the rise of the Kim family dynasty and the obsessive personality cult that empowers them. Cha illuminates the repressive regime's complex economy and culture, its appalling record of human rights abuses, and its belligerent relationship with the United States, and analyzes the regime's major security issues, from the seemingly endless war with its southern neighbor to its frightening nuclear ambitions, all in light of the destabilizing effects of Kim Jong-il's death and the transition of power to his unpredictable heir. Ultimately, this engaging written, authoritative, and highly accessible history warns of a regime that straddles war and peace, yet might be closer to its end than many might think, a political collapse for which America and its allies may be woefully unprepared."--Back cover

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