Description
author Anna Fifield
Publisher Public Affairs
Format Hardcover (First Edition, Brodart-protected)
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Summary
In The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un, seasoned journalist Anna Fifield delivers a riveting and incisive biography of North Korea’s enigmatic leader. Drawing on rare firsthand reporting from within North Korea, insider interviews, and intelligence insights, Fifield demystifies the myth surrounding Kim Jong Un’s carefully curated persona. From his upbringing in cloistered privilege to his unexpected rise as a formidable dictator, this compelling narrative sheds light on how Kim consolidated absolute power while modernizing the regime’s propaganda machine—and its nuclear arsenal.
Fifield masterfully unpacks the contradiction of a leader often ridiculed abroad yet feared and venerated at home. Her writing humanizes a man often dismissed as caricature, revealing the danger in underestimating a ruler with both strategic cunning and ruthless ambition. This first edition hardcover, protected by Brodart, is an essential read for those interested in geopolitics, authoritarianism, and modern Korea.