Crisis in Korea : America, China and the risk of war /
"The South Korean warship Cheonan was sunk in mysterious circumstances on 26 March 2010. The remarkable events that followed are analysed by Tim Beal and woven into a larger study of the increasingly volatile relations between North and South Korea and US concern about the rise of China. South...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Pluto Press,
©2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I: Korea and the postwar geopolitical transformation. Imperialism, nationalism, the division and reunification of Korea
- Korea and the postcolonial world
- The collapse of the Soviet Union and North Korea's 'arduous march'
- The rise of China and the decline of America
- Obama's strategic paralysis
- Part II: Buildup to crisis : the Cheonan incident and its consequences. The mysterious sinking of the Cheonan, and the official investigation
- From 'smoking gun' to rusty torpedo
- Part III: Collapse and takeover. Scenario building : failed succession and collapse
- The Northern Limit Line : keeping the war alive
- Military exercises : precipitating collapse, preparing for invasion
- The siege : sanctions, their role and effect
- The costs and consequences of invasion
- The China factor : into the abyss?