North Korea through the Looking Glass by Oh, Kongdan; Hassig, Ralph C - 2000

Brookings Institution Press, 2000. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Brookings Institution Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Brookings Institution Press. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Pen marking and underlining, with some marginal notes, scattered throughout the book. Heavy for the first 20 pages - light through most of the rest of the book. Covers show light shelf wear. Binding is firm.

Brookings Institution Press, 2000-09-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback. Like New.

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Brookings Inst Pr, 2000. Trade paperback in very good + condition.. Soft cover. Very Good.

Brookings Institution Press. Very Good. 2000. Paperback. 0815764359 . This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. It does have some cover shelfwear. Inside pages are clean. ; 0.7 x 9 x 6 Inches; 216 pages .

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2000., 2000. Very Good. vii, 246 pp., [16] p. of plates : illustrated ; 24 cm. ; pictorial wrappers ; uncorrected page proof ; ISBN: 0815764359 (pbk. : alk. paper); LCCN: 00-8812 ; OCLC: 43751559 ; Contents: 1 Looking Backward 1 -- 2 The Power and Poverty of Ideology 12 -- 3 The Turning Point Economy 41 -- 4 The Leader, His Party, and His People 81 -- 5 The Military: Pillar of Society 105 -- 6 Social Control 127 -- 7 The Foreign Relations of a Hermit Kingdom 148 -- 8 Dealing with the DPRK 185 ; "Drawing on more than ten years of research—including interviews with two dozen North Koreans who made the painful decision to defect from their homeland—Kongdan Oh and Ralph C. Hassig explore what the leadership and the masses believe about their current predicament. Through dual themes of persistence and illusion, they explore North Korea's stubborn adherence to policies that have failed to serve the welfare of the people and, consequently, threaten the… Read More

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Brookings Inst Pr, 2000. 256pp/illus. Contents: 1 Looking Backward 1 -- 2 The Power and Poverty of Ideology 12 -- 3 The Turning Point Economy 41 -- 4 The Leader, His Party, and His People 81 -- 5 The Military: Pillar of Society 105 -- 6 Social Control 127 -- 7 The Foreign Relations of a Hermit Kingdom 148 -- 8 Dealing with the DPRK 185. Clean. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket - Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.