Nuclear showdown : North Korea takes on the world /

Chang, Gordon G. 1951-

Nuclear showdown : North Korea takes on the world / Gordon G. Chang. - London : Hutchinson, 2006. - xxii, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-307) and index.

Ku klux Korea
An Arsenal of ambitions
The pygmalion of Pyongyang
Collapse perhaps?
Housewives for nuclear terror
Sympathy form the devil
Tokyo, target for termination
Aid charade
Flirting with unspeakeble evil
The end of American primacy
Civilization's last wespon
Last exit before the dark ages

Discusses the extent of the North Korean nuclear threat, its origins, international implications and solutions. The US is the mightiest nation in history, yet for decades one of the world's weakest states has challenged it and kept it at bay. This book analyses the failed society, the gravest threat to America and international order: North Korea.

0091799708 (pbk.)

9780091799700 (pbk.)

2006468669

GBA515418 bnb

013118013 Uk


Nuclear weapons--Korea (North)
Armas nucleares--Corea del Norte
Nuclear nonproliferation--Korea (North)
Control de armas nucleares--Corea del Norte
Armas nucleares --Control --Corea del Norte
No proliferación nuclear --Corea del Norte
Política mundial --Siglo XXI


Korea (North)--Foreign relations--United States.
Corea del Norte --Relaciones exteriores --Estados Unidos
United States--Foreign relations--Korea (North)
Estados Unidos --Relaciones exteriores --Corea del Norte
Corea del Norte --Política militar

UA 853 / C456nu 2006

327.5193073