Kim Jong-il : North Korea's Dear Leader / / Michael Breen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823611503321
• Autore: Breen Michael <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore, : J. Wiley & Sons, 2012
• ISBN: 1-118-15379-0; 1-283-40107-X; 9786613401076; 1-118-15380-4
• Edizione: [Rev. and updated ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 183 p., [8] p. of plates ) : ill. (some col.)
• Disciplina: 951.93043092; B
• Soggetti: Dictators - Korea (North); Korea (North) Biography; Korea (North) Politics and government; Korea (North) Foreign relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Chapter 1 Dark Country 1 Pool of Darkness 4 Who Is Charlie Chaplin? 7 Teaching Journalists 9 Chapter 2 Two States 15 Kim Il-sung and the Division of Korea 19 The Cold War 23 Chapter 3 Going Nuclear 29 North Korean Aggression in 2010 31 Weapons of Mass Destruction 34 Anti-Americanism in South Korea 37 Chapter 4 Dear Boy 41 Childhood and War 44 Teaching the Teachers 50 Chapter 5 Dear Successor 55 How Kim Jong-il Was Chosen 57 Dear Leader and His Loves 62 Chapter 6 Portrait of the Artist 67 Limiting the Joy 69 Kim Turns to Kidnapping 72 Chapter 7 Is Jong-il Evil? 77 Kim the Micromanager 79 The Temper and the Humor 84 How His People See Him 87 The Malignant Narcissist Theory 89 Chapter 8 Country of the Lie 93 The Secret to North Korean Communism 95 Race-Based Nationalism 99 Trouble with the Truth 101 The Control on Information 103 Chapter 9 The Gulag 107 The Gulag 109 The Story of Lee Soon-ok 110 Kang Chol-hwan: Child of the Camps 116 Chapter 10 The One Fat Man 121 A Journey through Russia 123 The Struggle for Food 124 Escaping to China 127 Chapter 11 Submerging Market 131 Looking in ; Vain for Signs of Change 134 Tourists from South Korea 136 Business Zones for China and South Korea 137 Chapter 12 Follow the Money 141 Chapter 13 Collision Course 145 Notes 151 Korean Names 163 Recommended Reading 167 About the Author 173 Index 175
• Sommario/riassunto: An expert on North Korea sheds new light on the enigmatic tyrant From his goose-stepping military parades to his clownish macho swagger, North Korea's Kim Jong-il is an odd amalgam of political cartoon and global menace. In charge of a nuclear arsenal he's threatened to use against the U.S.