From a writer who has made ten trips to North Korea and seen things first hand... The author takes a complex situation; one that factors greatly in US geopolitical decision and policy making and turns it into an understandable and easy read. It is an insightful analysis of the current situation in North Korea and how the past has led to the present and has significant impact on the future. The Evolution of Power to Yet Another Generation of Kims-And the Conditions Giving Rise To It "The December 28, 2011 photographs of tens of thousands of North Koreans lining the streets of Pyongyang,...

And so the clock ticks closer.... This book seeks to give the reader a comprehensive understanding of the Iranian leadership's mindset as it has played out and continues to play out on a wide range of issues--how it worked to implement Islamist doctrine into Iran's constitution; how it worked to use the US Iranian hostage crisis as means of unifying domestic opposition behind the theocracy; how it could have ended in two years an Iran-Iraq war that took eight; how it was willing to sacrifice its greatest treasure in an effort to defeat Saddam's army; how it thrives on hypocrisy and its...

And so the clock ticks closer.... This book seeks to give the reader a comprehensive understanding of the Iranian leaderships mindset as it has played out and continues to play out on a wide range of issues-how it worked to implement Islamist doctrine into Irans constitution; how it worked to use the US Iranian hostage crisis as means of unifying domestic opposition behind the theocracy; how it could have ended in two years an Iran-Iraq war that took eight; how it was willing to sacrifice its greatest treasure in an effort to defeat Saddams army; how it thrives on hypocrisy and its peoples...