Autore |
Bennett Bruce W
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Santa Monica, CA : , : RAND Corporation, , 2013
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (xxx, 312 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps
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Disciplina |
327.5193073
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Collana |
Gale eBooks
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Soggetto topico |
Failed states - Korea (North)
Korean reunification question (1945- )
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ISBN |
0-8330-8175-6
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; Historical Background; The Types of Collapse; Planning and Preparing for a North Korean Government Collapse; Methodology; The Need for Better Preparation; Report Outline; CHAPTER TWO Possibilities for Collapse; Conceptualizing Government Collapse; The Uncertain North Korean Situation; The Background of Collapse and Potential Future Shocks; North Korean Economic Difficulties; North Korean Agriculture, Food, and Health; Damage to the North Korean Control System
Failing Information ControlThe Culture of Economic Criminality: Black Markets and Bribery; Other Rebellious Behavior in North Korea; The Weakened North Korean Military; Concluding Commentary on North Korean Conditions; How Might the North Korean Government Collapse?; Getting a ROK Decision to Intervene and Seek Unification; Two Key Assumptions; CHAPTER THREE The Potential Consequences of Collapse; The Potential Consequences; Consequences in North Korea; The Failure of Government Functions; Conflict; Severe Famine, Starvation, and Other Health Consequences; Human Rights Consequences
Internally Displaced People and RefugeesPotential Consequences in South Korea; North Korean Military Threats to the ROK as a Collapse Develops; North Korean Military Threats to the ROK Postcollapse; Other North Korean Security Threats to the ROK Postcollapse; The Potential Implications of Chinese Intervention; Implications for the United States; Military Damage; Other Costs; ROK and U.S. Decisions to Intervene; Military Implications of a ROK and U.S. Intervention in North Korea; The Financial Costs of Intervention; Some Political Costs; Arranging an Intervention in North Korea
Chinese InvolvementWould China Intervene?; Potential Consequences of Chinese Intervention; Potential Consequences of China Not Intervening; CHAPTER FOUR Addressing North Korean Thinking About Unification; The Challenges of North Korean Indoctrination and Fear; North Korea Is Rich, South Korea Is Poor; The United States Is the Enemy; The Challenge of North Koreans' Fears for Their Future; Overcoming North Korean Indoctrination and Fear; Initial Messages: "The ROK Is a Great Country"; Next Steps: The North Korean People Can Attain ROK Plenty
Building Positive North Korean Postunification Quality-of-Life ExpectationsOrganizing and Timing These Messages; Do Not Go Too Far: North Korea Is Not Yet Ready for Open Rebellion; The Failures of the North Korean Government; Other Key Messages; Preventing North Korean Disaffection; CHAPTER FIVE Challenges of and Responses to Humanitarian Disaster; Challenges That Would Contribute to a Humanitarian Disaster; Mitigating the Humanitarian Disaster Challenges; Policies for Mitigating Humanitarian Disaster; Strategies for Providing for North Korean Welfare Through Humanitarian Aid
Strategies for Providing for North Korean Welfare Through Economic Stability
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Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220096103321 |