Why read Immovable Object?

Book cover of Immovable Object: North Korea's 70 Years at War with American Power

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North Korea and the United States have been officially at war for over 70 years, one of the longest lasting and most unbalanced conflicts in world history, in which a small East Asian state has held its own against a Western superpower for over three generations. With the Western world…

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1 author picked Immovable Object as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Stephen Gowans

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I love A.B. Abrams as a writer because he can look at a subject and see what others have failed to see. I read his book only after completing my own, and I’m sorry I missed it. Immovable Object tells a fascinating story, recounted in few other places, of how North Korea has not only helped other peoples fight for national liberation but has achieved what no other post-colonial country has ever accomplished: the ability to stay the hand of an aggressive US empire by developing a credible retaliatory nuclear threat.

From Stephen's list on The best books to understand the DPRK.