The Guerilla Dynasty: Politics And Leadership In North Korea

by Adrian Buzo

Overview

Throughout the 1990s, North Korea has operated under a skeptical international eye, due largely to the country's rigorous self-imposed isolation, its on-going confrontation with South Korea, a controversial nuclear arms program, and the near-total collapse of its economy. North Korea's leaders have chosen to face the world with its Stalinist politi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367318550
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2019
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

The origins of the guerilla tradition; the political institutions of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; the emerging tyranny, 1958-70; setbacks to socialism, 1970-80; the confirmation of Kim Jong II, 1980-83; signs of reform, 1984-86? the Democratic People's republic of Korea and the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, 1987-91; a matter of survival, the 1990s.