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Ending the Last Cold War: Korean Arms Control and Security in Northeast Asia

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As a colleague working in the Arms Control Office of the Korean Ministry of National Defense, I would like to make a review on this book for those interested in Korean issues. Some say that history never repeats itself and there is nothing to learn form it. But still it is absolutely true that there is no future without the past. So it is natural to take a look at the success story of the European arms control efforts culminated in the German unification, and try to extract from them anything useful for the future. In this vein, this book presents a concise summary of arms control experiences in Europe and discussions on the applicability of the European arms control model to Northeast Asia and two Koreas. The author (Col. Dr. Lee) points out both the penetrating similarities between two regions' arms control environment that should be exploited and the fundamental disparities that shouldn't be overlooked, which comprise the essential guidelines for drawing the actual blueprints of confidence and security building in this final battlefield of the cold war.