Why Nobody Could Stop North Korea: How Three Generations Of The Kim Dynasty Built bomb

How did one of the world's poorest and most isolated countries build a hydrogen bomb and intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States?For more than seventy years, the United States, the United Nations, intelligence agencies, sanctions, inspections, diplomatic agreements, and international pressure all tried to prevent North Korea from becoming a nuclear power.They failed.Why Nobody Could Stop North Korea tells the extraordinary true story of how three generations of the Kim dynasty pursued a single goal: building a nuclear deterrent powerful enough to guarantee the survival of their regime.From the ashes of the Korean War to the underground tunnels beneath Mount Mantap, this book traces the remarkable journey of North Korea's nuclear program. It is a story of Cold War politics, Soviet assistance, secret reactors, international diplomacy, nuclear smuggling networks, missile development, intelligence failures, and the determination of a regime willing to sacrifice almost everything in pursuit of the bomb.Inside this book, you'll discover: - How the Korean War shaped North Korea's nuclear ambitions- The Soviet role in the early development of the program- The secret reactor at Yongbyon and the race for plutonium- The rise of Abdul Qadeer Khan's global nuclear smuggling network- Why decades of sanctions failed to stop Pyongyang- The development of North Korea's ballistic missile program- The road to the hydrogen bomb and intercontinental missiles- Why many experts believe North Korea will never give up its nuclear arsenalCombining history, geopolitics, science, and international intrigue, this book reveals one of the most important and least understood stories of the modern era.A gripping account of power, survival, strategy, and the seventy-year quest that changed the balance of power in Asia forever.

Pagina's: 173, Paperback, Independently published