The Last Days of Kim Jong-il
The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era
Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2013]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xv, 223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Assesses Kim Jong-il's final years as the leader of North Korea, detailing how his rule exacerbated the threat the nation poses to the international community and identifying issues policymakers face in dealing with the state.
Contents:
Introduction -- Maintaining a rogue military: North Korea's military capabilities and strategy at the end of the Kim Jong-il era and South Korea's ability to counter the DPRK threat -- The sinking of the Cheonan and the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island: a case study of North Korea's asymmetric northern limit line strategy -- Planning for the unthinkable: countering a North Korean nuclear attack and management of postattack scenarios -- North Korea and support for terrorism: an evolving history -- Conclusion: the impact of the last years of the Kim Jong-il regime on the future of North Korea.
Subjects:
Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011.
Security, International.
Korea (North) -- Politics and government -- 1994-2011.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Korea (North)
Korea (North) -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Korea (North) -- Military policy.
Kim, Chŏng-il, 1942-2011.
Security, International.
Korea (North) -- Politics and government -- 1994-2011.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Korea (North)
Korea (North) -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Korea (North) -- Military policy.
ISBN:
1612346111
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HISTORY Asia Bec | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index.