Crisis in Korea, 9780745331621
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Balanced and deeply informed study of the increasingly volatile relations between North and South Korea

Crisis in Korea

America, China and the Risk of War

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    4 August 2011

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Summary

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 Korea’s stance towards the North has hardened significantly since the new conservative government came to power. Beal argues that the South moved quickly to use the sinking of the Cheonan to put internati…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780745331621
ISBN-10:0745331629
Author:Tim Beal
Publisher:Pluto Press
Imprint:Pluto Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:4 August 2011
Weight:362g
Dimensions:215mm x 135mm
About The Author

Tim Beal

Tim Beal has researched and taught widely on Asian politics and business and is currently focused on North Korea. He has recently retired from the School of Marketing and International Business at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. He is the author of Crisis in Korea (Pluto, 2011) and North Korea: The Struggle Against American Power (Pluto, 2005).

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