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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fifield, Anna, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dictators.

Korea (North)--Politics and government--2011-.

Korea (North).

Politics and government.

Kim, Chŏng-ŭn, 1984-.

Kim, Chŏng-ŭn.

Dictators--Korea (North)--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 308 pages : map, genealogical table ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Divinely perfect destiny of brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2019.

Summary:

"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, Kim Jong Un."--Book jacket.

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".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-299) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Fifield, Anna, author. Great successor

ISBN:

9781541742482

1541742486

9781541724433

1541724437

OCLC:

1089840113