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North Korea

The Paranoid Peninsula, A Modern History

By Paul French

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| Paperback | 9781842774731

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North Korea remains one of the least understood nations on earth; a nuclear enabled "Hermit Kingdom" ravaged by economic mismanagement and reliant on illegal weapons sales, smuggling and counterfeiting for most of its foreign reserves while undergoing a prolonged famine and propped up by aid donatioContinue

North Korea remains one of the least understood nations on earth; a nuclear enabled "Hermit Kingdom" ravaged by economic mismanagement and reliant on illegal weapons sales, smuggling and counterfeiting for most of its foreign reserves while undergoing a prolonged famine and propped up by aid donations. Not a normal country in any sense of the word, its nuclear weapons program makes it a country whose actions could have global ramifications. This book demystifies North Korea through revealing the daily life of its citizens; the political and economic history of the nation; the reasoning behind the country's combative way of engaging the world and the tentative economic reform process now being undertaken. The prospect of a nuclear North Korea preferring brinksmanship to engagement and negotiation, makes understanding Pyongyang's guiding principles, motives and possible future increasingly important.

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  • North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula - A Modern History

    Despite the processes of globalisation that seem to bring every corner of the world to our living rooms and offices, there are still a few parts of the world that remain enigmatic. Although a prominent member of George W. Bush's so-called Axis of Evi ... (read full critics)

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 256 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1842774735
  • ISBN-13: 9781842774731
  • Publisher: Zed Books
  • Pub date: Apr 16, 2005
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 968 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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