Nuclear Showdown - North Korea Takes On the World

Nuclear Showdown published by Asia expert, Gordon Chang, was of the first books to exploire the full extent of the North Korean nuclear threat, its origins, international implications, and solutions. The United States is the mightiest nation in history, yet for six decades one of the world's weakest states has challenged the superpower and kept it at bay. Today, that country also threatens to change the course of human events with an act of unimaginable devastation. Nuclear Showdown analyses the failed society that has become the gravest threat to America and international order: North Korea. Chang's insightful book reveals the full horror of the crisis threatening to turn Asia into the world's next battleground.How can North Korea be stopped? No one seems to have an answer. For more than half a century, policymakers have failed when it comes to subjugating Kim Il Sung and his son, Kim Jong Il. Nuclear Showdown proposes a solution that can defuse the standoff once and for all.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon G. Chang, Gordon G Chang, Gordon G. Chang
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781784755775
• ISBN: 978-1-78475-577-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, International Relations, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, Nuclear weapons, North Korea