| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1 Looking Backward 1 -- 2 The Power and Poverty of Ideology 12 -- 3 The Turning Point Economy 41 -- 4 The Leader, His Party, and His People 81 -- 5 The Military: Pillar of Society 105 -- 6 Social Control 127 -- 7 The Foreign Relations of a Hermit Kingdom 148 -- 8 Dealing with the DPRK 185 |
| Summary |
Oh and Hassig draw on ten years of research about the small militarized state, whose culture is dominated by the official ideology of Juche, emphasizing self-reliant independence and worship of the supreme leader, General Kim Jong II. However, a collapsed economy and sensitive nuclear proliferation in the militaristic society have led to fear and anachronistic policies, retarding the social and political growth of the country |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Korea.
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Politics and government
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Politieke situatie.
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Korea (North) -- Politics and government.
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Korea (North)
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Noord-Korea.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hassig, Ralph C
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| ISBN |
0815798202 |
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9780815798200 |
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9780815764366 |
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0815764367 |
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9780815764359 |
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0815764359 |
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