The Impossible State; North Korea, Past and Future
New York: ECCO [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2012. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xii, [2], 530 pages. Illustrations (some color). A Note on the Korean Text. Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations. Notes. Index. Highlighting and some ink comments noted in the first 60 pages. Erasure residue on fep. Victor D. Cha (born December 8, 1959) is an American academic, author and former national foreign policy advisor. He is a former Director for Asian Affairs in the White House's National Security Council, with responsibility for Japan, North and South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. He was George W. Bush's top advisor on North Korean affairs. He currently holds the D. S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Asian Studies and is the Director of the Asian Studies program in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Before entering government, he testified before Congress on Asian security issues, and was a guest analyst for various media including CNN, ABC's Nightline, Newshour with Jim Lehrer, CBS, Fox News, BBC, National Public Radio, New York Times, Washington Post and Time. He served on the editorial boards of academic journals. He held the D. S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Asian Studies and Government in the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service and directed the American Alliances in Asia Project at Georgetown University until 2004. In December 2004, Cha joined the National Security Council as Director for Asian Affairs. At the NSC, he was responsible for South Korea, North Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island nations. He also served as the U.S. Deputy Head of Delegation for the Six Party Talks. More