Divided Korea: Toward a Culture of Reconciliation

by Roland Bleiker

Book Overview

In 2002, North Korea precipitated a major international crisis when it revealed the existence of a secret nuclear weapons program and announced its withdrawal from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Earlier in the year, George W. Bush had declared North Korea part of the "axis of evil," and soon afterward his administration listed the country as a potential target of a preemptive nuclear strike. Pyongyang's angry reaction ensured the complete deterioration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816645566
• ISBN13: 9780816645565
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"