For years, watchers of North Korea have told the world what motivates Kim Jong II and many misconceptions exist. B.R. Myers, leading North Korea analyst, challenges these. He argues more is known about the country's nuclear programme than motivations behind it and more about Kim Jong II's potential successors than the unique world view which they all share. Drawing from decades of research on ideology and propaganda, Myers disproves the common fallacy that North Korea is the last bastion of Stalinism.
