03471nam 22007214a 450 991096810270332120260128170331.09786610912674978131746375713174637579781315702070131570207X97813174637641317463765978128091267212809126779780765621825076562182710.4324/9781315702070(OCoLC)368063730(MiFhGG)GVRL1XIU(CKB)1000000000348444(MiAaPQ)EBC1900023(MiAaPQ)EBC302473(FINmELB)ELB141282(MiFhGG)9780765621825(EXLCZ)99100000000034844420050323d2006 uy 0engurun#---uuuuatxtccrNorth Korea the politics of regime survival /Young Whan Kihl and Hong Nack Kim, editorsArmonk, N.Y. M.E. Sharpec20061 online resource (xi, 322 pages) illustrationsGale eBooksFirst published 2006 by M.E. Sharpe.9780765616395 0765616394 9780765616388 0765616386 Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-308) and index.Staying power of the socialist "hermit kingdom" / Young Whan Kihl -- Emergence of the second republic: the Kim regime adapts to the challenge of modernity / Alexandre Y. Mansourov -- Kim Jong Il's military first politics / Ilpyong J. Kim -- Reconciling nuclear standoff and economic shortfalls: Pyongyang's perspective / C. Kenneth Quinones -- North Korea's weapons of mass destruction / Larry A. Niksch -- North Korea's economic crisis, reforms, and policy implications / Dick K. Nanto -- U.S.-DPRK relations in the Kim Jong Il era / Robert A. Scalapino -- Japanese-North Korean relations under the Koizumi government / Hong Nack Kim -- Sino-North Korean relations in the post-Cold War world / Samuel S. Kim -- Russo-North Korean relations under Kim Jong Il / Peggy Falkenheim Meyer -- North Korea-South Korea relations in the Kim Jong Il era / Seongji Woo -- (Bi-) multilateral approaches to defusing nuclear crisis: beyond the six-party talks as peace strategy / Young Whan Kihl -- Why hasn't North Korea collapsed? understanding the recent past, thinking about the future / Nicholas Eberstadt.Featuring contributions by some of the leading experts in Korean studies, this book examines the political content of Kim Jong-Il's regime maintenance, including the domestic strategy for regime survival and North Korea's foreign relations with South Korea, Russia, China, Japan, and the United States.Political scienceKorea (North)HistorySelf-relianceKorea (North)Politics and governmentKorea (North)Military policyKorea (North)Foreign relationsKorea (North)Economic policyPolitical scienceHistory.Self-reliance.320.95193Kihl Young Whan1932-902133Kim Hong Nack1889784MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968102703321North Korea4531112UNINA