The Guerilla Dynasty: Politics and Leadership in North Korea

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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 political culture and ideological framework intact, for better or worse-and by most reports, almost exclusively for the worst. How did this situation come to be, and what are its consequences? In The Guerilla Dynasty, Adrian Buzo gives us an accessible, up-to-date, and rigorously researched account of the political, economic, and foreign policy developments in North Korea since 1945.


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The Guerilla Dynasty presents an accessible and up-to-date account of North Korea's political, economic and foreign policy since its foundation, with particular emphasis on the period 1980-1997. While day-to-day commentary and media coverage tend to highlight North Korea's reputation for bizarre and highly dangerous behaviour, and to emphasise that its internal and external policies are dysfunctional and counterproductive, The Guerilla Dynasty demonstrates that major North Korean state policies have been highly consistent over an extended period of time. Here is a revealing portrait of one of the most enigmatic societies in today's world, and one which continues to have a major impact on international politics.


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