No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons and International Security
London: The International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2011. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus (Also published in ADELPHI series). Trade paperback. 247, [1] pages. Glossary. Map. Endnotes. Format is approximately 6.25 inches by 9.25 inches. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Jonathan D. Pollack is a nonresident senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center and Center for East Asia Policy at the Brookings Institution. Between 2012 and 2014, he served as director of the John L. Thornton China Center. Prior to joining Brookings in 2010, he was professor of Asian and Pacific Studies and chairman of the Strategic Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. He previously worked at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California, where he served in various senior research and management positions, including chairman of the political science department, corporate research manager for international policy and senior advisor for international policy. Pollack’s principal research interests include Chinese national security strategy; U.S.-China relations; U.S. strategy in Asia and the Pacific; Korean politics and foreign policy; Asian international politics; and nuclear weapons and international security. This book chronicles the political-military development of the Korean Peninsula since 1945, with particular attention to North Korea's pursuit of nuclear technology and nuclear weapons, and how it has shaped Northeast Asian security and non-proliferation policy and influenced the strategic choices of the United States and all regional powers. It focuses on North Koreas leaders, institutions, political history, and the system's longer-term prospects. How has an isolated, highly idiosyncratic, small state repeatedly stymied or circumvented the policy preferences of much more powerful states, culminating with its withdrawal from the Non Proliferation Treaty and the testing of nuclear weapons in open defiance of adversaries and allies alike? What does this portend for the region's future? This is a book about decision making in North Korea and the state's survival in the face of daunting odds. It draws on extensive interviews with individuals who have had ample experience in and with North Korea, additional interviews with former US policy makers, and the results from two visits to the North. The author makes extensive use of archival materials, enabling a far fuller rendering of the North Korean nuclear weapons issue. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Infrastructure, Weapon Testing, Nuclear Technology, Agreed Framework, Nonproliferation, Strategic Forces, DPRK
ISBN: 9780415670838
[Book #75347]
Price: $65.00