Carlisle, PA U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute 2007 Presumed first edition/first printing Trade paperback Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear and soiling. xiii, [1], 177, [1] p. Illustrations. Endnotes. This is one of the Demystifying North Koreaproducts. From an on-line posting: "Although North Korea remains an economic basket case that cannot feed and clothe its own people, it nevertheless possesses one of the world s largest armed forces. Whether measured in terms of the total number of personnel in uniform, numbers of special operations soldiers, the size of its submarine fleet, quantity of ballistic missiles in its arsenal, or its substantial Weapons of Mass Destruction programs, Pyongyang is a major military power. North Korea s latest act to demonstrate its might was the nuclear test on October 9, 2006. Dr. Andrew Scobell is Senior Political Scientist at RAND s Washington, DC, office. Dr. Scobell has written more than a dozen monographs and reports, as well as several dozen journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Scobell holds a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University."

Carlisle, PA: U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, Date: 2007. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear and soiling.. xiii, [1], 177, [1] p. Illustrations. Endnotes. This is one of the Demystifying North Koreaproducts. From an on-line posting: "Although North Korea remains an economic basket case that cannot feed and clothe its own people, it nevertheless possesses one of the world s largest armed forces. Whether measured in terms of the total number of personnel in uniform, numbers of special operations soldiers, the size of its submarine fleet, quantity of ballistic missiles in its arsenal, or its substantial Weapons of Mass Destruction programs, Pyongyang is a major military power. North Korea s latest act to demonstrate its might was the nuclear test on October 9, 2006. Dr. Andrew Scobell is Senior Political Scientist at RAND s Washington, DC, office. Dr. Scobell has written more than a dozen monographs and reports, as well as several dozen journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Scobell holds a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University." 2007. U. S. Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute ISBN 1584872861 9781584872863 [US]