02489nam 2200541 a 450 991045556530332120200520144314.00-8157-9820-2(CKB)111087027973574(EBL)3004290(OCoLC)53482640(SSID)ssj0000212238(PQKBManifestationID)11196135(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212238(PQKBWorkID)10157852(PQKB)10476521(MiAaPQ)EBC3004290(MdBmJHUP)muse73746(Au-PeEL)EBL3004290(CaPaEBR)ebr10026220(EXLCZ)9911108702797357420000323d2000 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrNorth Korea through the looking glass[electronic resource] /Kongdan Oh and Ralph C. HassigWashington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20001 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-6435-9 0-8157-6436-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword; Contents; Preface; 1 Looking Backward; 2 The Power and Poverty of Ideology; 3 The Turning Point Economy; 4 The Leader, His Party, and His People; 5 The Military: Pillar of Society; 6 Social Control; 7 The Foreign Relations of a Hermit Kingdom; 8 Dealing with the DPRK; Notes; IndexFifty-five years after its founding at the dawn of the cold war, North Korea remains a land of illusions. Isolated and anachronistic, the country and its culture seem to be dominated exclusively by the official ideology of Juche, which emphasizes national self-reliance, independence, and worship of the supreme leader, General Kim Jong Il. Yet this socialist utopian ideal is pursued with the calculations of international power politics. Kim has transformed North Korea into a militarized state, whose nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and continued threat to South Korea have raised alarm worldKorea (North)Politics and governmentElectronic books.951.93Oh Kong Dan1054266Hassig Ralph C1054267MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455565303321North Korea through the looking glass2486716UNINA