Rogue Regime

Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Korea, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, International Security, International Relations
Cover of the book Rogue Regime by Jasper Becker, Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jasper Becker ISBN: 9780190290993
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: May 1, 2005
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Jasper Becker
ISBN: 9780190290993
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: May 1, 2005
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

What happens when a dictator wins absolute power and isolates a nation from the outside world? In a nightmare of political theory stretched to madness and come to life, North Korea's Kim Jong Il made himself into a living god, surrounded by lies and flattery and beyond criticism. As over two million of his subjects starved to death, Kim Jong Il roamed between palaces staffed by beautiful girls and stocked with expensive international delicacies. Outside, the steel mills shut down, the trains stopped running, the power went out, and the hospitals ran out of medicine. When the population threatened to revolt, Kim imposed a reign of terror, deceived the United Nations, and plundered the country's dwindling resources to become a nuclear power. Now this tiny bankrupt nation is using her nuclear capability to blackmail the United States. Veteran correspondent Jasper Becker takes us inside one of the most secretive countries in the world, exposing the internal chaos, blind faith, rampant corruption, and terrifying cruelty of its rulers. Becker details the vain efforts to change North Korea by actors inside and outside the country and the dangers this highly volatile country continues to pose. This unique land, ruled by one family's megalomania and paranoia, seems destined to survive and linger on, a menace to its own people and to the rest of the world. But should the nations of the world allow this regime to survive? That's the question with which this book concludes.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

What happens when a dictator wins absolute power and isolates a nation from the outside world? In a nightmare of political theory stretched to madness and come to life, North Korea's Kim Jong Il made himself into a living god, surrounded by lies and flattery and beyond criticism. As over two million of his subjects starved to death, Kim Jong Il roamed between palaces staffed by beautiful girls and stocked with expensive international delicacies. Outside, the steel mills shut down, the trains stopped running, the power went out, and the hospitals ran out of medicine. When the population threatened to revolt, Kim imposed a reign of terror, deceived the United Nations, and plundered the country's dwindling resources to become a nuclear power. Now this tiny bankrupt nation is using her nuclear capability to blackmail the United States. Veteran correspondent Jasper Becker takes us inside one of the most secretive countries in the world, exposing the internal chaos, blind faith, rampant corruption, and terrifying cruelty of its rulers. Becker details the vain efforts to change North Korea by actors inside and outside the country and the dangers this highly volatile country continues to pose. This unique land, ruled by one family's megalomania and paranoia, seems destined to survive and linger on, a menace to its own people and to the rest of the world. But should the nations of the world allow this regime to survive? That's the question with which this book concludes.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book Ways of Listening by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book Pyrrho of Elis: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book A Middle Class Without Democracy by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book The Social Psychology of Disability by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book Mark Twain by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book Carry Me Back by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book The Astaires by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book The Handbook of Policy Practice by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book A Mirror Is for Reflection by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book Imagining New York City by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book Aging with HIV by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book Artifacts in Behavioral Research by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book Mayo Clinic Critical Care Case Review by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy of Macromolecular Assemblies by Jasper Becker
Cover of the book Overcoming Mobbing by Jasper Becker
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy