North Korea Under Communism.
After the collapse of the Soviet world North Korea alone has continued on the rigid communist way, in spite of its economic consequences leading the state beyond ruin to famine. What are the reasons behind this peculiar choice of direction? Why did the leaders in Pyongyang pursue a policy abandoned...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Hoboken :
RoutledgeCurzon,
2002.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | After the collapse of the Soviet world North Korea alone has continued on the rigid communist way, in spite of its economic consequences leading the state beyond ruin to famine. What are the reasons behind this peculiar choice of direction? Why did the leaders in Pyongyang pursue a policy abandoned not only by the Soviet Union but also by China and Vietnam? The author of this book spent three years as head of the embassy of Sweden in Pyongyang. Until a few years ago it was the only western embassy in North Korea. His unique experiences are related with descriptions of day-to-day life and with. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (203 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780203995082 0203995082 |