LEADER 03028nam 2200613 450 001 9910463191703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61234-612-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000391888 035 $a(PromptCat)40022372314 035 $a(MH)013709677-1 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000918318 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11588592 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918318 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10906872 035 $a(PQKB)10411773 035 $a(OCoLC)852757941 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32150 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1224025 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1224025 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL768036 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000391888 100 $a20181005d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe last days of Kim Jong-il $ethe North Korean threat in a changing era /$fBruce E. Bechtol, Jr 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aWashington, District of Columbia :$cPotomac Books,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 223 pages )$cillustrations, maps ; 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-61234-611-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aBruce 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. 606 $aSecurity, International 607 $aKorea (North)$xPolitics and government$y1994-2011 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zKorea (North) 607 $aKorea (North)$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aKorea (North)$xMilitary policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSecurity, International. 676 $a951.93051092 700 $aBechtol$b Bruce E.$f1959-$01044790 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463191703321 996 $aThe last days of Kim Jong-il$92470612 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis 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