The great successor : the divinely perfect destiny of brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un /

"Skeptical yet insightful, Fifield creates a captivating portrait of the oddest and most secretive political regime in the world--one that is isolated yet internationally relevant, bankrupt yet in possession of nuclear weapons--and its ruler, the self-proclaimed Beloved and Respected Leader, Ki...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fifield, Anna (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2019.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Kim, Chŏng-ŭn, > 1984- Dictators > Korea (North) > Biography. Korea (North) > Politics and government > 2011- Dictators. Politics and government. Korea (North) Kim, Chŏng-ŭn, > 1983- Nordkorea. Since 2011 Biographies.

Table of Contents:

The apprenticeship
The beginning
Living with the imperialists
Anonymous in Switzerland
Dictatorship 101
The consolidation
A third Kim at the helm
No more belt tightening
Better to be feared than loved
Goodbye, Uncle
The elites of Pyonghattan
Millennials and modernity
Playing ball with the "jackals"
The confidence
Party time
The unwanted brother
The treasured sword
The charm offensive
Talking with the "jackals."