Contents
Preface --- vii
I. Kim Chong-il as Leader --- 1
1. Establishing the Kim Chong-il System --- 5
2. Crisis Management: Experimenting with Reform --- 27
3. Kim Family Politics --- 55
4. Rollback of Reforms --- 77
5. New Faces Emerge as North Korea Takes a Different Tack at Reform --- 87
II. Passing the Torch to a Third Generation --- 113
6. Third Hereditary Succession --- 115
7. Challenges for the Future --- 169
Appendix A: Close Aide Politics --- 177
Appendix B: Decision Making at the Center of the Hub and Spoke --- 187
Notes --- 189
Index --- 231