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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781769403321

Autore

Kim Sung Chull <1956->

Titolo

North Korea under Kim Jong Il [[electronic resource] ] : from consolidation to systemic dissonance / / Sung Chull Kim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006

ISBN

0-7914-6928-X

1-283-22395-3

0-7914-8093-3

1-4294-5800-3

9786613223951

0-313-38176-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Praeger security international

Disciplina

951.9304/3

Soggetti

National security - Korea (North)

Political leadership - Korea (North)

Korea (North) Politics and government

Korea (North) Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Kim Chong-il as leader: Establishing the Kim Chong-il system ; Crisis management : experimenting with reform ; Kim family politics ; Rollback of reforms ; New faces emerge as North Korea takes a different tack at reform -- pt. 2. Passing the torch to a third generation: Third hereditary succession ; Challenges for the future.

Sommario/riassunto

This much-needed study draws on fresh material and firsthand observation to provide an understanding of North Korea as it exists today.