Accidental tyrant : the life of Kim Il-sung
Tertitskiy, Fyodor, 1988-2025
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Kim Il-sung was the enigmatic architect of North Korea. His life is an extraordinary tale of improbable success: once a barely educated guerrilla fighter, he rose to lead the nation at the young age of 33. Against all odds, he established a horrifyingly stable dictatorial regime, one that still struggles to provide for its people, yet could obliterate Hollywood, Silicon Valley and much of East Asia in nuclear strikes. Based on extensive new sources in Korean, Russian, Chinese and Japanese, Fyodor Tertitskiy tells the unlikely story of one of the twentieth century's most brutal but little-known dictators, from his early life in Japanese Korea to the lasting repercussions of his autocratic rule today.
Main title:
Accidental tyrant : the life of Kim Il-sung / Fyodor Tertitskiy.
Author:
Tertitskiy, Fyodor, 1988-, author
Imprint:
London : Hurst & Company, 2025.
Collation:
xviii, 368 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781911723547 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
5877534
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