Beyond the 38th Parallel
Ed Pulford: The Cult of Kim, 13 August 2026
Forever President: A Biography of Kim Il-sung
by Michael J. Seth.
Reaktion, 288 pp., £20, September 2025,978 1 83639 104 3 Show More
by Michael J. Seth.
Reaktion, 288 pp., £20, September 2025,
Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung
by Fyodor Tertitskiy.
Hurst, 352 pp., £25, February,978 1 911723 54 7 Show More
by Fyodor Tertitskiy.
Hurst, 352 pp., £25, February,
“... arriving a month after the Soviets entered Pyongyang.Despite his status as someone who – in Fyodor Tertitskiy’s no-nonsense phrasing – ‘could not be credited … in any way’ for the liberation of his homeland, Kim found himself one of the few eligible heirs of the Soviet victory in East Asia. Soviet and US fumbling over plans for a unified ... ”
