Pyongyang on the Brink: Sixteen Crises That Shaped North Korea - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Fyodor TertitskiyTheme:Cultural Region/AsianPublish date:6/1/2026Pages:200
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Hurst & Co.ISBN-13:9781805266082ISBN-10:180526608XUPC:9781805266082Book Category:Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:International Relations, AsiaSize:7.74 x 5.39 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.336Product ID:SCZEH1DBTK
This nimble tour through North Korea's history revisits sixteen knife-edge moments when collapse, reform or war nearly shattered the Kim dynasty. Structured in four acts--from the peninsula's partition in 1945 to Kim Jong-un's 2020 health scare--each chapter reconstructs a crisis and asks, what if? Regime change has come within reach far more often than we realize: defeat in the Korean War, leadership challenges in 1956, aborted coups, unrest during a currency crisis--even an armed clash with the US in the 1990s. Kim Il-sung's acclaimed biographer, Fyodor Tertitskiy, guides readers through these events, and explores why change failed to materialize on each occasion. His narrative blends the twists and turns of palace intrigue and battlefield drama with crystal-clear dissections of ideology, institutions and great-power competition. Drawing on Korean, Russian, Chinese and Japanese sources, Tertitskiy offers nuance without special pleading. By tracing the decisions, miscalculations and foreign interventions that locked the peninsula into stalemate, Pyongyang on the Brink offers a swift, fresh look at deterrence, engagement and the future of millions living under the Kims' yoke. Is North Korea truly doomed to never-ending tyranny?
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Hurst & Co.ISBN-13:9781805266082ISBN-10:180526608XUPC:9781805266082Book Category:Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:International Relations, AsiaSize:7.74 x 5.39 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.336Product ID:SCZEH1DBTK
Fyodor Tertitskiy researches North Korean political, social and military history from South Korea, where he has been living for more than a decade. He has authored several books in English and Korean, including Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung (also available from Oxford University Press), and The North Korean Army.
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