{"product_id":"north-korea-and-the-science-robert-daniel-wallace-9780786499694","title":"North Korea and the Science of Provocation: Fifty Years of Conflict-Making","description":"\u003cp\u003e Why does North Korea routinely turn to provocation to achieve foreign policy goals? Are the actions of the volatile Kim regime predictable, based on logical responses to the conditions faced by North Korea? This book, an examination of the \"Hermit Kingdom\" over the past 50 years, explains why the Democratic People's Republic of Korea uses hostility and coercion as instruments of foreign policy. Using three case studies and quantitative analysis of more than 2,000 conflict events, the author explores the relationship between North Korea's societal conditions and its propensity for external conflict. These findings are considered in light of diversionary theory, the idea that leaders use external conflict to divert attention from domestic affairs. Analyzing the actions of an isolated state such as North Korea provides a template for conflict scholarship in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Daniel Wallace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786499699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786499694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Robert Daniel Wallace","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138416898303,"sku":"9780786499694","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6cab955-d863-4335-bc1d-181e07cedfa6.jpg?v=1687899552","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/north-korea-and-the-science-robert-daniel-wallace-9780786499694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}