Bluth Korea

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7476-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Global Political Hot Spots

Korea is one of the critical flashpoints in the world today. Newsof North Korea's recent nuclear tests, conducted in defiance ofinternational pressure, drew widespread condemnation and raisedserious concerns about the threat now posed to regional andinternational security by the regime of North Korea's dear leaderKim Jong-Il.
This book penetrates the veil surrounding the conflict on theKorean peninsula and North Korea's missile and nuclear programmes.It provides a thorough historical analysis of relations between thetwo Koreas since the Korean War, which traces both North Korea'spath to economic ruin and South Korea's transition from strugglingdictatorship to vibrant democracy.
As well as examining the political and economic development ofNorth and South Korea at the domestic level, the book goes on toexplore regional relations with Russia, China and Japan and, mostimportantly, America's dealings with Korea and its negotiationswith North Korea, in particular. It concludes with an analysis ofNorth Korea's current nuclear programme and its likely impact oninternational security in the 21st century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bluth, Christoph

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword (The Honorable Jin Park, Ph.D.) vi
Acknowledgements ix
Chronology xi
Map xxi
1 The Crisis on the Korean Peninsula 1
2 Korea: A Nation Divided 9
3 North Korea after the Korean War: The Long March to Ruin22
4 South Korea after the Korean War: From Struggling Dictatorshipto Vibrant Democracy 50
5 US-North Korean Relations and the First Nuclear Crisis63
6 The 'Sunshine Policy': South Korean National Security Policyin a New Era 92
7 Renewed Confrontation and the Second North Korean NuclearCrisis 110
8 The Military Confrontation on the Korean Peninsula 137
9 Understanding the Security Dilemma on the Korean Peninsula169
References 193
Index 201

Über Autor(innen)

Christoph Bluth is Professor of International Studies at the University of Leeds.