Separated at Birth: How North Korea Became the Evil Twin - Softcover

"Gordon Cucullu is a straightforward tough former soldier who knows Korea and writes with clarity and conviction."--James Lilley, former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea "This book is indispensable to understanding how North Korea became one of the world's worst human rights violators and weapons proliferators--and how we should deal with this rogue, before it's too late."--Monica Crowley, PhD, Fox News Channel, WABC Radio "Written with solid research from a soldier-scholar's perspective and sensitive feel for history, this book is very readable and replete with insights on Korean and Japanese culture . . . It is a must read for all military, diplomatic, and commercial people posted to the Far East."--General John Wickham, USA (retired) former Chief of Staff, U.S. Army and CINC in Korea

"Gordon Cucullu is a straightforward tough former soldier who knows Korea and writes with clarity and conviction."--James Lilley, former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea He has taken a country blessed with natural resources and an educated populace with a dedicated work ethic and reduced it to the level of the most abysmal third-world pesthole. He has assassinated foreign statesmen, blown up civilian airlines loaded with innocent passengers, and sold weapons to terrorists around the world. He is diverting irreplaceable resources to accelerate a nuclear program capable of peddling WMDs to terrorist groups in return for hard cash. He has surrounded himself with sycophants and toadies, lives in hedonistic luxury, and threatens his neighbors and the world with nuclear weapons. Who is this strange person? He is Kim Jong Il, aberrant ruler of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea--or North Korea. The more we are able to crack the facade of North Korea, the more we learn of the dark secrets that have been held close for decades. Peering through the cracks, we are able to discern an implacable hatred for America, South Korea, and other free nations. Just what is going on over there that makes this country such a threat? Separated at Birth addresses those concerns, exploring North Korea's twentieth-century history, its separation from South Korea, as well as its place in the East and its relation to China, the U.S., and Japan. Cucullu discussesour options-both military and diplomatic--and fills in some of the gaps in our knowledge so that we can be better prepared to deal with a nation easily described as a "rogue" one.