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Book/Printed Material North Korea's nuclear question : sense of vulnerability, defensive motivation, and peaceful solution

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Title

  • North Korea's nuclear question : sense of vulnerability, defensive motivation, and peaceful solution

Summary

  • "Why have efforts to dismantle the North Korean nuclear program failed so far? What can be done in order to achieve a peaceful and long-lasting resolution to this conundrum? To answer these questions, this monograph scrutinizes and refutes two prevailing academic-cum-policy approaches to the North Korean nuclear situation: the use of coercive tools within a general framework of containment, and bypassing the regime in Pyongyang and engaging the Korean people with the hope that they will gain enough power to transform North Korea into a democratic nuclear-free country. Dr. Kwang Ho Chun argues that neither of these approaches can provide any meaningful solution to the North Korean nuclear dilemma. Instead, he suggests that engaging the regime in Pyongyang and forgoing endeavors to forcefully push democracy in North Korea are inseparable prerequisites to a peaceful and lasting solution to this problem"--Foreward.

Names

  • Chun, Kwang Ho.
  • Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.

Created / Published

  • Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2010]

Contents

  • Summary -- Introduction -- Nuclear weapons, motivation, and sense of vulnerability -- A historical review of North Korea's perceived vulnerability and its nuclear program -- The height of the Cold War (1950-68) -- Détente and rapprochement (1969-89) -- The collapse of the Communist bloc and its aftermath : from the late 1980s to the Framework Agreement -- Following the 1994 Framework Agreement -- Conclusion.

Headings

  • -  Nuclear weapons--Korea (North)
  • -  Nuclear facilities--Korea (North)
  • -  Nuclear nonproliferation--Korea (North)
  • -  Korea (North)--Military policy
  • -  United States--Foreign relations--Korea (North)
  • -  Korea (North)--Foreign relations--United States

Notes

  • -  "December 2010."
  • -  Also available online in PDF format from Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-44).

Medium

  • viii, 44 p. ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • U264.5.K7 C49 2010

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010551062

OCLC Number

  • n696158003

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Chicago citation style:

Chun, Kwang Ho, and U.S.. Strategic Studies Institute Army War College. North Korea's nuclear question: sense of vulnerability, defensive motivation, and peaceful solution. [Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2010] Web.. https://lccn.loc.gov/2010551062.

APA citation style:

Chun, K. H. & Army War College, U. S. S. S. I. (2010) North Korea's nuclear question: sense of vulnerability, defensive motivation, and peaceful solution. [Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College] [Web.] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://lccn.loc.gov/2010551062.

MLA citation style:

Chun, Kwang Ho, and U.S.. Strategic Studies Institute Army War College. North Korea's nuclear question: sense of vulnerability, defensive motivation, and peaceful solution. [Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2010] Web.. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <lccn.loc.gov/2010551062>.