1st Edition
No Exit North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, and International Security
By Jonathan D. Pollack
Copyright 2011
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
This book chronicles the political-military development of the Korean Peninsula since 1945, with particular attention to North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear technology and nuclear weapons, and how it has shaped Northeast Asian security and non-proliferation policy and influenced the strategic choices of the United States and all regional powers. I focus on North Korea’s leaders, institutions,... Read more
Introduction; 1: A system like no other; 2: Nuclear memories and nuclear visions; 3: The nuclearisation of Korean strategy; 4: From Kim Il-sung to Kim Jong-il; 5: Nuclear breakout; 6: Nuclear assertion; Conclusion
Biography
Jonathan D. Pollack is Professor of Asian and Pacific Studies at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.
