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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beal, Tim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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?