North Korea: Brinkmanship or On the Brink? (Security Sentinel)
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North Korea - Brinkmanship or On the Brink? North Korea has been led by the Kim dynasty since the 1953 United Nations Armistice Agreement was signed ending the Korean conflict. Each successive leader of the Kim family has continued the DPRK's pursuit of WMD, nuclear weapons in particular, while increasing its hostility toward the United States and South Korea. With little intervention by China, North Korea led by Kim Jong-un and the United States President Trump appear on a collision course of military conflict. This eBook provides readers with a concise understanding of this conflict and likely repercussions. Topics include: The Korean Peninsula (Pre-1950), The Korean Conflict (1950-1953), The Armistice Agreement, North Korea’s Leaders, The Axis of Evil, The Statistical Backdrop, WMD in East Asia, China – The Elephant in the Room, US, South Korea and Japan, Scenario 1 –US Places Nukes in South Korea, Scenario 2 - US preemptive Military Strike, Scenario 3 - US Decapitates North Korea’s Leadership, Scenario 4 – US Massive Covert and Cyber Warfare,
Lawrence E. Wilson
Lawrence E. Wilson is the owner of Genesys Publishing, an Internet publishing and marketing firm based in Silicon Valley, California (USA). We are located just miles from the global headquarters of major cyber security firms including Symantec, McAfee (Intel), Cisco Systems, Trend Micro, FireEye, Fortinent, WebRoot, FireEye and Palo Alto Networks, along with the Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). Each year the San Francisco Bay hosts the RSA Security Conference. Before moving to Silicon Valley he worked and attended graduate school in Washington, DC home of the US CIA, US NSA, US Defense Intelligence Agency, Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation. Lawrence E. Wilson holds a BA degree from the University of Michigan, an MBA degree from George Washington University and has worked in the dynamic Silicon Valley high tech sector for over two decades. Register for the Genesys Publishing newsletter: https://app.getresponse.com/site2/genesyspublishing?u=BrZtV&webforms_id=11122205
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North Korea - Lawrence E. Wilson
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About the Author
Why I Wrote This Book
I wrote this book because …
Peace on the Korean peninsula is vital to not only the Korean people but to the geopolitical stability of Eastern Asia and the United States.
What is happening on the Korean peninsula is an outgrowth of the post-World War II struggle between communism and democracy.
North and South Korea are in their own Cold War which in reality is a proxy war between the world’s greatest superpowers … the United States and China.
The clear and present threat to peace is increasing daily.
The United States and its allies South Korea and (a demilitarized) Japan recognize that North Korea’s nuclear capabilities pose a concrete danger.
The ineffectiveness of political and economic sanctions have a little or no deterrent impact on North Korea.
Offensive military action by the United States and defensive actions by South Korean appear to be on the near-term horizon.
The potential for mass casualties and a large-scale refugee crisis is greater than ever.
Why You Should Read This Book
This book will help you…
Understand the political, economic and military historical context the Korean peninsula.
Gain insights into uneasy peaceful co-existence between North and South Korea since the 1953 Armistice agreement.
Recognize the broader geopolitical setting of the Korean peninsula as seen from the perspective of the United States and China.
Examine the deeply rooted complexities and challenges to achieving sustainable peace above and below the 3th Parallel.
Comprehend the decades long failure of political and economic measures in bring rapprochement between the North and South.
Recognize that the strategic clock is ticking down on any hope of bringing resolution to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.
Understand that although there are no good options, the use of a military intervention is growing more likely day by day.
Appreciate the large-scale post-conflict consequences stretch far beyond North and South Korea as we know them today.
Chapter 1. introduction
nuclear proliferation is front and center on the Korean peninsula
Life on the Korean peninsula dates back to 4000 B.C. Since then there have a continuous number of feudal kingdoms, tribal conflicts. While sharing a common culture – a melting pot of Chinese and Japanese influence, the Korean peoples have frequently been at odds with one another. Moreover, the peninsula has been a highly contested region lying between China and Japan.
Fast forward to the 20th century. In the wake of World War II the peninsula rapidly evolved into an undeclared battleground between a democratic United Stated and Stalinist led Russia. Although Korean shares only an eleven mile border with Russia, Moscow and Washington, D.C. recognized that control over this relatively small parcel of land was in both of their geopolitical interests.
With tensions rising 1950 saw the outbreak of one of the first post WWI Cold War proxy fights around the globe leading to the Korean Conflict pitting Russian-backed troops to the North and a US supported military in the South. After three years and the loss of tens of thousands of military and civilian lives the United Nations brokered a tenuous Armistice agreement which –