Arming the Two Koreas

This brilliantly argued book taps into a great deal of news interest in North Korea at the moment in the wake of recent hostility against Japan.

Taik-young Hamm is Professor of Political Science and Associate Director for Research at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University, Seoul. He has written extensively on the security of Korea and the North Korean political Economy.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 State and Armament: Theory and Hypotheses; Chapter 3 On Military Capabilities: Facts and Methods of Assessment; Chapter 4 Conflict and Militarisation on the Korean Peninsula; Chapter 5 Military Balance and Arms Race Between the Two Koreas; Chapter 6 Resources, State Power, and Armament; Chapter 7 Conclusion;