TY - BOOK AU - Cha,Victor D. TI - The impossible state: North Korea, past and future SN - 9781847922359 U1 - 951.9304 CHA PY - 2012/// PB - Bodley Head KW - Korea (North) KW - History KW - 1948-1994 KW - 1994- KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Much discussed and often maligned, precious little is known or understood about North Korea, the world's most isolated country. This book pulls back the curtain, providing an insight into North Korea's history, the rise of the Kim family dynasty, and the obsessive personality cult that surrounds them ER -