02994nam 2200601 450 991081238840332120230803030646.01-61234-612-X(CKB)2670000000391888(PromptCat)40022372314(MH)013709677-1(SSID)ssj0000918318(PQKBManifestationID)11588592(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918318(PQKBWorkID)10906872(PQKB)10411773(OCoLC)852757941(MdBmJHUP)muse32150(MiAaPQ)EBC1224025(Au-PeEL)EBL1224025(CaONFJC)MIL768036(EXLCZ)99267000000039188820181005d2013 uy 0engur|||||||nn|nrdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe last days of Kim Jong-il the North Korean threat in a changing era /Bruce E. Bechtol, JrFirst edition.Washington, District of Columbia :Potomac Books,2013.1 online resource (xv, 223 pages )illustrations, maps ;Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-61234-611-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index.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.Bruce Bechtol, Jr. contends that Kim Jong-il's regime (1994 - 2011) exacerbated the threats that North Korea posed, and still poses, to the world. Bechtol explains how North Korea presents important challenges on five key fronts.Security, InternationalKorea (North)Politics and government1994-2011United StatesForeign relationsKorea (North)Korea (North)Foreign relationsUnited StatesKorea (North)Military policySecurity, International.951.93051092Bechtol Bruce E.1959-1147879MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812388403321The last days of Kim Jong-il4038798UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress