CONTENTS

1. Title Page
2. Copyright Notice
3. List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
4. Author’s Note
5. Note on Korean Names
6. Introduction
7.   One:   Life in Earth’s Paradise
8.   Two:   Will the Real Kim Jong Un Please Stand Up?
9. Three:  The Supreme Leader Enters the World
10.  Four:   A New King Rises
11.  Five:   The Kim Dynasty and Pyongyang’s Power Elites
12.    Six:   War Machine and Nuclear Weapons
13. Seven:   Regional Giants and the Korean Peninsula
14. Conclusion: Three Gateways
15. Acknowledgments
16. List of Abbreviations
17. Notes
18. Index
19. Also by Chung Min Lee
20. About the Author
21. Copyright