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Rival Reputations : Coercion and Credibility in US-North Korea Relations by Van Jackson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"The Puzzle: In March 2013, the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) warned of a 'pre-emptive nuclear attack' if the United States convinced the UN Security Council to impose new economic sanctions on North Korea. Despite this warning the Security Council did impose new sanctions at U.S. urging, on March 7. No nuclear attack came. Two weeks later, KCNA released a video of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, discussing a plan for launching nuclear-armed missiles against U.S. bases in the Pacific and the continental United States. The imagery of Kim Jong Un pointing to maps of the United States with arrows outlining missile trajectories was a vivid accompaniment to recent warnings from North Korea's media organs that the North Korean People's Army (KPA) will 'destroy not only the military installments ... of South Korea but the ... military bases of the U.S. imperialist aggression forces in the operational theatre of the Pacific.' No attack followed" ... Provided by publisher. "Charting the turbulent history of US-North Korean affairs from the 1960s through to 2010, Rival Reputations explores how past incidents and crises can be relied upon to help determine threat credibility and

Who reads Rival Reputations : Coercion and Credibility in US-North Korea Relations?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Van Jackson
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
Published
2016
Language
EN
ISBN
9781107589803
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Political Science, History, Language Learning
Updated
2026-03-24

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