North Korea's Military Diplomatic Campaigns

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1、“…aunique,refreshingandextremelywellresearchedstudyoftheDemocraticPeople’sRepublicofKorea’s(DPRK)idiosyncraticmili-tary/politicalstrategiesanddoctrines.”–JosephS.Bermudez,Jr.,authorofTheArmedForcesofNorthKoreaandAHistoryofBallisticMissileDevelopmentintheDPRK“Michishita’sscholarshipiscom

2、pellingandimportant.”–MichaelJ.Green,FormerSpecialAssistanttothePresidentforNationalSecurityAffairsandSeniorDirectorforAsia,NationalSecurityCouncil“…anexcellent,comprehensiveandimportantadditiontotheliteratureonNorthKoreanpoliciesandactions.”–DonOberdorfer,DistinguishedJournalistinResid

3、ence,JohnsHop-kinsUniversity’sNitzeSchoolofAdvancedInternationalStudies;authorofTheTwoKoreas:AContemporaryHistory“Thecasestudieshecitesarerichwithdetailandprovidethecriticalelementinunderstandingwhatotherwisemightappearasrandom,unconnectedactsofmilitaryadventurismbyPyongyang…avaluablere

4、sourcenegotiatorsandscholarsalikeshouldhave.”–CharlesL.(Jack)Pritchard,formerambassadorandspecialenvoyfornegotiationswiththeDemocraticPeople’sRepublicofKorea;authorofFailedDiplomacy:TheTragicStoryofHowNorthKoreaGottheBombNORTHKOREA’SMILITARY-DIPLOMATICCAMPAIGNS,1966–2008Thisbookexamines

5、NorthKorea’snucleardiplomacyoveralongtimeperiodfromtheearly1960s,settingthedangerousbrinkmanshipinthewidercontextofNorthKorea’smilitaryanddiplomaticcampaignstoachieveitspoliticalgoals.ItarguesthatthelastfourdecadesofmilitaryadventurismdemonstratesPyon-gyang’sconsistent,calculateduseofmi

6、litarytoolstoadvancestrategicobjec-tivesvis-à-visitsadversaries.ItshowshowrecentbehavioroftheNorthKoreangovernmentisentirelyconsistentwithitsbehavioroverthislongerperiod:theNorthKoreangovernment’sconduct(ratherthanbeinghaphazardorreactive)isrational–intheClausewitziansenseofbeingreadyto

7、useforceasanextensionofdiplomacybyothermeans.ThebookgoesontodemonstratethatNorthKorea’s“calculatedadventurism”hascomefullcircle:whatweareseeingnowisamodifiedrepetitionofearlierevents–suchasthePuebloincidentof1968andthenuclearandmissilediplomacyofthe1990s.Usingextensiveinterviews