01744cam a22002418i 450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003202000300007304000130010308200280011610000360014424500920018026400470027230000230031949000410034250400510038352009430043465000370137765100560141494200150147099900170148526992BD-DhIUB20230910115237.0201125s2021    enk      b    001 0 eng    a9780367482862q(hardback)  cBD-DhIUB00223a355.03355193bY192d1 aHinata-Yamaguchi, Ryo,eauthor.10aDefense planning and readiness of North Korea :barmed to rule /cRyo Hinata-Yamaguchi. 1aLondon and New York :bRoutledge,cc2021.   a207 p. ; c24 cm. 0 aRoutledge advances in Korean studies  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"How has North Korea developed and managed its military readiness to achieve its strategic ends? Hinata-Yamaguchi analyzes North Korea's defense planning by looking at how political, economic, and societal factors affect the Korean People's Army's (KPA) readiness and strategies. He answers four key questions: How have the internal and external factors shaped North Korea's security strategy? How do the political, economic, societal, and environmental factors impact North Korea's defense planning? What are North Korea's defense planning dilemmas and how do they impact the KPA's readiness? What are the key implications for regional security and the strategies against North Korea? This analysis, drawing on various Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese sources on North Korea and military affairs, will be of great value to strategists and policy analysts as well as scholars of East Asian security issues"--cProvided by publisher. 0aMilitary planningzKorea (North) 0aKorea (North)xArmed ForcesxOperational readiness.  2ddccBKn0  c26992d26951