Adrian Buzo

With its focus on internal North Korean affairs rather than international relations, the book constitutes a broad and useful addition to Northeast Asia area studies. Meer

Throughout the 1990s, North Korea has operated under a skeptical international eye, due largely to the country's rigorous self-imposed isolation, its on-going confrontation with South Korea, a controversial nuclear arms program, and the near-total collapse of its economy. Meer

Politics and Leadership in North Korea, now fully updated in this second edition, presents an accessible and comprehensive account of North Korea's political, economic and foreign policies since its creation in 1945. Meer