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Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2004. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xii, 220 pages. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Black mark on bottom edge. Derived… Mehr…

Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2004. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xii, 220 pages. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Black mark on bottom edge. Derived from a Kirkus review: A reformed leftist now stakes out an extreme position in the middle as he attempts to restore a lost spirit of compromise in the national discourse. Can former radical Satin and like-minded political philosophers recruit the essential blue-collar and white-collar caring persons from the resentful, surly, militant extremes? Here's another kind of public policy, not learned from Washington or Jefferson, but in the mode of Ben Franklin. As earnest as the politics of any other stripe, the bipolar radical middle purports to take the best from the left and from the right. Basic tenets would give each of us a fair start in life, more choices, a chance to maximize our potential and help develop the world too. Satin offers suggestions to solve knotty problems of health care, our legal system, petroleum dependency, education, affirmative action, unemployment, corporate clout, biotechnology, national service, economic globalization, military intervention, and terrorism. The radical middle offers a theory of everything political, with outlined rules and talking points to fix all the malaise and malevolence. It makes a lot more sense than, say, Dr. Phil or the many braying pundits at the edges of the national parties. Preacher Satin provides chapter references to texts and organizations in furtherance of the cause. A handbook that leaves lots of room for dissent from all sides. To make a utopian vision a reality, what would Poor Richard do? Mark Ivor Satin (born November 16, 1946) is an American political theorist, author, and newsletter publisher. He is best known for contributing to the development and dissemination of three political perspectives - neopacifism in the 1960s, New Age politics in the 1970s and 1980s, and radical centrism in the 1990s and 2000s. Satin's work is sometimes seen as building toward a new political ideology, and then it is often labeled "transformational", "post-liberal", or "post-Marxist". After emigrating to Canada at the age of 20 to avoid serving in the Vietnam War, Satin co-founded the Toronto Anti-Draft Programme, which helped bring American war resisters to Canada. He also wrote the Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada. Satin wrote New Age Politics, which identifies an emergent "third force" in North America pursuing such goals as simple living, decentralism, and global responsibility. Satin spread his ideas by co-founding an American political organization, the New World Alliance, and by publishing an international political newsletter, New Options. He also co-drafted the foundational statement of the U.S. Green Party, "Ten Key Values". Following a period of political disillusion, Satin launched a new political newsletter and wrote a book, Radical Middle. Both projects criticized political partisanship and sought to promote mutual learning and innovative policy syntheses across social and cultural divides. In an interview. Satin has been described as "colorful" and "intense", and all his initiatives have been controversial. Bringing war resisters to Canada was opposed by many in the anti-Vietnam War movement. New Age Politics was not welcomed by many on the traditional left or right, and Radical Middle dismayed an even broader segment of the American political community., Westview Press, 2004, 3, Minor rubbing. Some tears to spine. Good. American Political History [published by author] New York 1948 orig. wrappers 25x17cm, 11 pp., Caption-titled. In 1945 Browder was expelled as chairman of Communist Party USA for his " American Exceptionalism" programme. This is Browder's response, in the form of a letter, dated May 3, 1948, to the editor of the journal 'For a Lasting Peace, for a People's Democracy' (Belgrade), to an attack on his views of the nature of the wartime US-Soviet alliance authored by B. P. Vronskii in the form of a review of Browder's earlier self-published booklet "World Communism and U.S. Foreign Policy"., [published by author], 1948, 2.5, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Lawrence Fried (jacket photograph). xvi, [2], 233, [3] pages. DJ has wear, soiling and some edge tears/chips. Partially erased large mark on half-title page. To Seek a Newer World is a 1967 book written by Robert F. Kennedy, in which he outlines his analysis on issues such as the war in Vietnam, nuclear power, welfare, and other issues. In response to the publication, New York Times critic Eliot Fremont-Smith stated, "To Seek a Newer World is addressed essentially-and in this reviewer's opinion, thoughtfully and constructively-to the double crisis of conscience and confidence which may be the common root of most of the major issues that now confront us". The book also was praised by the Christian Science Monitor. Derived from a Kirkus review: This book carries a series of relatively enlightened messages, to many of which Kennedy has publicly subscribed on a number of occasions. The chapter on the Alliance for Progress reworks a memorable speech that he made in 1966 on the Senate floor; it shows an uncommon awareness of the need for "revolutionary evolution" in the area. The chapter on Vietnam reads more critical of administration policy than his past public statements... Kennedy is particularly bitter about the recent elections. The Senator's sympathy with young people and his energetic efforts to deal with American poverty and race relations also come across in this readable, topical book, which will be taken up by skeptics and cynics, as well as partisans and detractors. Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 - June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK or by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968. He was, like his brothers John and Edward, a prominent member of the Democratic Party and has come to be viewed by some historians as an icon of modern American liberalism. After serving in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1944 to 1946, Kennedy returned to his studies at Harvard University, and later received his law degree from the University of Virginia. He began his career as a correspondent for The Boston Post and as an lawyer at the Justice Department, but later resigned to manage his brother John's successful campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1952. The following year, he worked as an assistant counsel to the Senate committee chaired by Senator Joseph McCarthy. He gained national attention as the chief counsel of the Senate Labor Rackets Committee from 1957 to 1959, where he publicly challenged Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa over the union's corrupt practices. Kennedy resigned from the committee to conduct his brother's successful campaign in the 1960 presidential election. He was appointed United States Attorney General at the age of 36, becoming the youngest Cabinet member in U.S. history since Alexander Hamilton in 1789. His tenure is known for advocating for the civil rights movement, the fight against organized crime and the Mafia, and involvement in U.S. foreign policy related to Cuba. He authored his account of the Cuban Missile Crisis in a book titled Thirteen Days. As attorney general, he authorized the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to wiretap Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference on a limited basis. After his brother's assassination, he left to run for the United States Senate from New York in 1964 and defeated Republican incumbent Kenneth Keating. In office, Kennedy opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and raised awareness of poverty by sponsoring legislation designed to lure private business to blighted communities (i.e., Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration project). He was an advocate for issues related to human rights and social justice by traveling abroad to eastern Europe, Latin America, and South Africa, and formed working relationships with Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, and Walter Reuther. In 1968, Kennedy became a leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency by appealing to poor, African American, Hispanic, Catholic, and young voters. His main challenger in the race was Senator Eugene McCarthy. Shortly after winning the California primary around midnight on June 5, 1968, Kennedy was mortally wounded when shot by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian, allegedly in retaliation for his support of Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. Sirhan was arrested, tried, and convicted., Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967, 2.5, New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2011. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscription on t-p signed by Priest. DJ has slight wear and soiling.. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 296 p. Illustrations (color). Glossary. Occasional Footnotes. notes on the Database and Written Source Material. Index The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In TOP SECRET AMERICA, award-winning reporters Dana Priest and William Arkin uncover the enormous size, shape, mission and consequences of this invisible universe of over 1, 300 government facilities in every state in America; nearly 2, 000 outside companies used as contractors and more than 850, 000 people granted 'Top Secret' security clearance. A landmark expose of a new, secret 'Fourth Branch' of American government, TOP SECRET AMERICA is a tour de force of investigative reporting-and a book sure to spark national and international alarm. From Wikipedia: "Dana Louise Priest (born May 23, 1957) is an American journalist and writer. She has worked almost 20 years for The Washington Post. Before becoming a full-time investigative reporter, Priest specialized in national security reporting for the Post, and wrote many articles on the U.S. "War on terror". In 2006 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting citing "her persistent, painstaking reports on secret "black site" prisons and other controversial features of the government's counterterrorism campaign." In 2008 The Washington Post won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, citing the work of reporters Priest and Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille "exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials." In February 2006, Priest was awarded the George Polk Award for National Reporting for her November 2005 article on secret CIA detention facilities in foreign countries. Priest also revealed the existence of the Counterterrorist Intelligence Centers (CTIC) in a November 17, 2005, front page article, which are counter-terrorist operations centers run jointly by the CIA and foreign intelligence services. The Alliance Base in Paris, involving the DGSE and other foreign intelligence agencies, is one of the most important CTIC." Also from Wikipedia: "William M. Arkin (born May 15, 1956) is an American political commentator, activist, journalist, blogger, and former United States Army soldier. Arkin served in U.S. Army intelligence from 1974 to 1978. He has served as an independent consultant and held positions at the Institute for Policy Studies, Center for Defense Information, Greenpeace, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Human Rights Watch. He has worked as a NBC News military analyst and written columns for the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post. From 2007 to 2008, he was Policy Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government in the Carr Centre for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University. A later work is Code Names: Deciphering U.S. Military Plans, Programs and Operations in the 9/11 World. On October 15, 2003, William Arkin released video and audiotapes documenting General William Boykin's framing of the "War on Terrorism" in religious terms in speeches at churches. Arkin followed up with a Los Angeles Times op-ed piece that accused the general of being "an intolerant extremist" and a man "who believes in Christian 'jihad'." Arkin further wrote, "Boykin has made it clear that he takes his orders not from his Army superiors but from God which is a worrisome line of command." In February 2007, Arkin responded to an NBC Nightly News report on U.S. soldiers in Iraq who said they were frustrated by antiwar sentiment at home, and especially by people who say they support the troops, but not the war. In his Washington Post blog, Arkin wrote, "We pay the soldiers a decent wage, take care of their families, provide them with housing and medical care and vast social support systems and ship., Little, Brown and Company, 2011, 3, National Defense University Institute for National Security Studies, 1994. Trade paperback. Very good. 61, [3] pages. Notes. Acronyms. Cover has slight wear and soiling. CONTENTS Introduction A New Situation The National Defense Program Outline Review Key Issues Host Nation Support Theater Missile Defense Technology, Procurement, and Arms Exports Recommendations Appendix A: The Modality of the Security and Defense Capability of Japan: The Outlook for the 21st Century Foreword The World and the Asia-Pacific after the Cold War The End of the Cold War and Qualitative Changes in the Security Environment Multilateral Cooperation Centering on the United States Roles of the United Nations and Other Regimes for Cooperative Security Four Types of Likely Danger Characteristics of the Security Environment in the Asia-Pacific Region Basic Thinking on Japan's Security Policy and Defense Capability Active and Constructive Security Policy Multilateral Security Cooperation Enhancing the Functions of the Japan-U.S. Security Cooperation Relationship Maintenance and Operation of Highly Reliable and Efficient Defense Capability The Modality of Defense Capability in the New Age From the Cold War Defense Strategy to the Multilateral Security Strategy The Role of Defense Capability for Multilateral Security Cooperation The Enhancement of the Japan-U.S. Security Cooperation Relationship Maintenance and Qualitative Improvement of Self-Defense Capability Other Items Pertaining to Defense Conclusion Appendix B: Acronyms. Patrick M. Cronin is a Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Previously, he was the Senior Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at the National Defense University, where he simultaneously oversaw the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs. Dr. Cronin has a rich and diverse background in both Asian-Pacific security and U.S. defense, foreign and development policy. Prior to leading INSS, Dr. Cronin served as the Director of Studies at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). At the IISS, he also served as Editor of the Adelphi Papers and as the Executive Director of the Armed Conflict Database. Before joining IISS, Dr. Cronin was Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). In 2001, Dr. Cronin was confirmed by the United States Senate to the third-ranking position at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). While serving as Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination, Dr. Cronin also led the interagency task force that helped design the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). From 1998 until 2001, Dr. Cronin served as Director of Research at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Prior to that, he spent seven years at the National Defense University, first arriving at INSS in 1990 as a Senior Research Professor covering Asian and long-range security issues. He was the founding Executive Editor of Joint Force Quarterly, and subsequently became both Deputy Director and Director of Research at the Institute. He received the Army's Meritorious Civilian Service Award upon his departure from NDU in 1997. He has also been a senior analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses, a U.S. Naval Reserve Intelligence officer, and an analyst with the Congressional Research Service and SRI International. Michael Jonathan Green is senior vice president for Asia and Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and chair in modern and contemporary Japanese politics and foreign policy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He served on the staff of the National Security Council (NSC) from 2001 through 2005, first as director for Asian affairs, with responsibility for Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, and then as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asia, with responsibility for East Asia and South Asia. Before joining the NSC staff, he was senior fellow for East Asian security at the Council on Foreign Relations, director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center and the Foreign Policy Institute, and an assistant professor at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses, and senior adviser on Asia in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He also worked in Japan on the staff of a member of the National Diet., National Defense University Institute for National Security Studies, 1994, 3, New York: ECCO [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2012. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Allison Saltzman (Jacket Design). 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. The definitive account of North Korea, its veiled past and uncertain future, from the former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council. In The Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on this controversial and isolated country, providing the best look yet at North Korea's history, the rise of the Kim family dynasty, and the obsessive personality cult that empowers them. He illuminates the repressive regime's complex economy and culture, its appalling record of human-rights abuses, and its belligerent relationship with the United States, and analyzes the regime's major security issues-from the seemingly endless war with its southern neighbor to its frightening nuclear ambitions-all in light of the destabilizing effects of Kim Jong-il's recent death. How this enigmatic nation-state-one that regularly violates its own citizens' inalienable rights and has suffered famine, global economic sanctions, a collapsed economy, and near total isolation from the rest of the world-has continued to survive has long been a question that preoccupies the West. Cha reveals a land of contradictions, one facing a pivotal and disquieting transition of power from tyrannical father to inexperienced son, and delves into the ideology that leads an oppressed, starving populace to cling so fiercely to its failed leadership. With rare personal anecdotes from the author's time in Pyongyang and his tenure as an adviser in the White House, this engagingly written, authoritative, and highly accessible history offers much-needed answers to the most pressing questions about North Korea and ultimately warns of a regime that might be closer to its end than many might think-a political collapse for which America and its allies may be woefully unprepared., ECCO [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2012, 2.75<

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[EAN: 9780061998508], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: ECCO [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], New York], NORTH KOREA, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, DETERRENCE, DPRK, COLD WAR, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTER… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780061998508], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: ECCO [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], New York], NORTH KOREA, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, DETERRENCE, DPRK, COLD WAR, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, IAEA, KIM IL-SUNG, JONG-UN, JONG-IL, LEE MYUNG-BAK, BALLISTIC MISSILES, SIX-PARTY TALKS, AGREED FRAMEWORK, REFUGEES, DEFECTORS, SANCTI, Jacket, 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. The definitive account of North Korea, its veiled past and uncertain future, from the former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council. In The Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on this controversial and isolated country, providing the best look yet at North Korea's history, the rise of the Kim family dynasty, and the obsessive personality cult that empowers them. He illuminates the repressive regime's complex economy and culture, its appalling record of human-rights abuses, and its belligerent relationship with the United States, and analyzes the regime's major security issues-from the seemingly endless war with its southern neighbor to its frightening nuclear ambitions-all in light of the destabilizing effects of Kim Jong-il's recent death. How this enigmatic nation-state-one that regularly violates its own citizens' inalienable rights and has suffered famine, global economic sanctions, a collapsed economy, and near total isolation from the rest of the world-has continued to survive has long been a question that preoccupies the West. Cha reveals a land of contradictions, one facing a pivotal and disquieting transition of power from tyrannical father to inexperienced son, and delves into the ideology that leads an oppressed, starving populace to cling so fiercely to its failed leadership. With rare personal anecdotes from the author's time in Pyongyang and his tenure as an adviser in the White House, this engagingly written, authoritative, and highly accessible history offers much-needed answers to the most pressing questions about North Korea and ultimately warns of a regime that might be closer to its end than many might think-a political collapse for which America and its allies may be woefully unprepared. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]., Books<

2012, ISBN: 9780061998508

New York: ECCO [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2012. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Allison Saltzman (Jacket Design). xii, [2], 53… Mehr…

New York: ECCO [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2012. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Allison Saltzman (Jacket Design). 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. The definitive account of North Korea, its veiled past and uncertain future, from the former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council. In The Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on this controversial and isolated country, providing the best look yet at North Korea's history, the rise of the Kim family dynasty, and the obsessive personality cult that empowers them. He illuminates the repressive regime's complex economy and culture, its appalling record of human-rights abuses, and its belligerent relationship with the United States, and analyzes the regime's major security issues-from the seemingly endless war with its southern neighbor to its frightening nuclear ambitions-all in light of the destabilizing effects of Kim Jong-il's recent death. How this enigmatic nation-state-one that regularly violates its own citizens' inalienable rights and has suffered famine, global economic sanctions, a collapsed economy, and near total isolation from the rest of the world-has continued to survive has long been a question that preoccupies the West. Cha reveals a land of contradictions, one facing a pivotal and disquieting transition of power from tyrannical father to inexperienced son, and delves into the ideology that leads an oppressed, starving populace to cling so fiercely to its failed leadership. With rare personal anecdotes from the author's time in Pyongyang and his tenure as an adviser in the White House, this engagingly written, authoritative, and highly accessible history offers much-needed answers to the most pressing questions about North Korea and ultimately warns of a regime that might be closer to its end than many might think-a political collapse for which America and its allies may be woefully unprepared., ECCO [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2012, 2.75<

2012, ISBN: 9780061998508

New York: ECCO [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2012. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Allison Saltzman (Jacket Design). xii, [2], 53… Mehr…

New York: ECCO [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2012. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Allison Saltzman (Jacket Design). 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. The definitive account of North Korea, its veiled past and uncertain future, from the former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council. In The Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on this controversial and isolated country, providing the best look yet at North Korea's history, the rise of the Kim family dynasty, and the obsessive personality cult that empowers them. He illuminates the repressive regime's complex economy and culture, its appalling record of human-rights abuses, and its belligerent relationship with the United States, and analyzes the regime's major security issues-from the seemingly endless war with its southern neighbor to its frightening nuclear ambitions-all in light of the destabilizing effects of Kim Jong-il's recent death. How this enigmatic nation-state-one that regularly violates its own citizens' inalienable rights and has suffered famine, global economic sanctions, a collapsed economy, and near total isolation from the rest of the world-has continued to survive has long been a question that preoccupies the West. Cha reveals a land of contradictions, one facing a pivotal and disquieting transition of power from tyrannical father to inexperienced son, and delves into the ideology that leads an oppressed, starving populace to cling so fiercely to its failed leadership. With rare personal anecdotes from the author's time in Pyongyang and his tenure as an adviser in the White House, this engagingly written, authoritative, and highly accessible history offers much-needed answers to the most pressing questions about North Korea and ultimately warns of a regime that might be closer to its end than many might think-a political collapse for which America and its allies may be woefully unprepared., ECCO [An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers], 2012, 2.75<