02397nam 2200649 a 450 991096974920332120251116141813.01-134-62066-71-280-33355-397866103335540-203-02271-80-203-16967-0(CKB)111004366677670(EBL)165423(OCoLC)70725404(SSID)ssj0000105616(PQKBManifestationID)11130785(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105616(PQKBWorkID)10105279(PQKB)10572563(MiAaPQ)EBC165423(Au-PeEL)EBL165423(CaPaEBR)ebr10017723(CaONFJC)MIL33355(PPN)198464428(EXLCZ)9911100436667767019980921d1999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrArming the two Koreas state, capital, and military power /Taik-young HammLondon ;New York Routledge19991 online resource (257 p.)Politics in Asia seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-20792-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-237) and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; ContentsNorth Korea has traditionally been seen as militarily superior to South Korea in the long feud between the two nations. This brilliantly argued book taps into a great deal of news interest in North Korea at the moment in the wake of recent hostility against Japan. Hamm controversially shows that the received idea of Koreas military strength is partly a myth created by South Korea to justify a huge programme of rearmament.Politics in Asia series.Arms raceKoreaKorea (North)DefensesKorea (South)DefensesKorea (North)Armed ForcesAppropriations and expendituresKorea (South)Armed ForcesAppropriations and expendituresArms race355/.0330519Hamm Taik-young1950-1873747MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910969749203321Arming the two Koreas4483944UNINA