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In  The  Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on provocative, isolationist North Korea, providing our best look yet at its history and the rise of the Kim family dynasty and the obsessive personality cult that empowers them. Cha 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 destabilizing effects of Kim Jong-il’s death and the transition of power to his unpredictable heir. Ultimately, this engagingly written, authoritative, and highly accessible history warns of a regime that might be closer to its end than many might think—a political collapse for which America and its allies may be woefully unprepared. ** Review “An up-close, insightful portrait. . . . The Impossible State is a clearheaded, bold examination of North Korea and its future.” ( Washington Post ) “Cha demonstrates an intimate familiarity with the regime’s contradicti

Who reads The Impossible State, Updated Edition : North Korea, Past and Future?

Author

Victor D Cha, 1961-

Publisher

Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062200150

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.3 / 5 (368 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14