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“A meaty, fast-paced portrait of North Korean society, economy, politics and foreign policy.” -Foreign Affairs

The definitive account of North Korea, its veiled past and uncertain future, from the former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council

In The Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on this controversial and isolated country, providing the best look yet at North Korea''s history, the rise of the Kim family dynasty, and the obsessive personality cult that empowers them. He illuminates the repressive regime''s complex economy and culture, its appalling record of human-rights abuses, and its belligerent relationship with the United States, and analyzes the regime''s major security issues—from the seemingly endless war with its southern neighbor to its frightening nuclear ambitions—all in light of the destabili

The Impossible State

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint Collins
      Published 9 July 2013
      ISBN-13 9780061998515
      978-0061998515
      ISBN-10 0061998516

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      “A meaty, fast-paced portrait of North Korean society, economy, politics and foreign policy.” -Foreign Affairs

      The definitive account of North Korea, its veiled past and uncertain future, from the former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council

      In The Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on this controversial and isolated country, providing the best look yet at North Korea''s history, the rise of the Kim family dynasty, and the obsessive personality cult that empowers them. He illuminates the repressive regime''s complex economy and culture, its appalling record of human-rights abuses, and its belligerent relationship with the United States, and analyzes the regime''s major security issues—from the seemingly endless war with its southern neighbor to its frightening nuclear ambitions—all in light of the destabili

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