Historical Dictionary of North Korea

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Rare H/B copy in very good condition. Book is clean & Tightly bound throughout with no Inscriptions. ISBN 10 - 0810843315 ISBN 13 - 9780810843318. Seller Inventory # 000270

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Synopsis: This reference features a country that is little known to the West and even to its Asian neighbors because policy has been one of isolation and self-reliance for the past half-century. Now, however, is an opportune time for the outside world to pay attention and come to understand North Korea's political, economic, and social system because, for the first time in fifty years, North Korea's new ruler Kim Jong II is initiating an invitation to the outside world. Will this opening of North Korea's doors save its economic system or cause it to collapse?

The author looks at North Korea's new leadership and its foreign policy of isolationism and explores whether it will have to change in recognition of the changing environment of the Korean peninsula. Profiled in this book are the people, places, political system, economy, ideology, and the history that have made North Korea what it is today.

About the Author: Dr. Ilpyong J. Kim is Professor of Emeritus Political Science at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and is currently serving as President of the International Council on Korean Studies (ICKS). He is one of the foremost watchers of North Korea and is familiar with neighboring South Korea and China as well as being a specialist on communist regimes.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Historical Dictionary of North Korea
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)