Table of Contents: North Korea :

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beal, Tim.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Press, 2005.
Subjects:	World politics -- > 21st century Nuclear weapons -- > Korea (North) United States -- > Foreign relations -- > Korea (North) Korea (North) -- > Foreign relations -- > United States Korea (North) -- > Military policy Korea (North) -- > Politics and government

Table of Contents:

Part I: Fulcrum of geography, anvil of history: DPRK in historical perspective
The roots of modern Korea: from Tangun to liberation
Years of struggle, years of hope: Korean War to first nuclear crisis
Creation of the Agreed Framework and the flowering of datente
Crisis reignited: economic reform, regional accord, Washington discord
Part II: The pillars of confrontation
The human rights record: complexities, causes, solutions
Drugs and generals
The nuclear confrontation
On the precipice: options, positions and dangers at the start of the second Bush administration.