John William Burgon, Late Dean of Chichester; A Biography With Extracts From His Letters and... Book

A thorough analysis of the history of North Korea and enjoyable read. This book does get bogged down in details towards the middle (especially when covering the North's economy). The author does seem to go back and forth as to whether he blames the US for the North's current nuclearization efforts. Towards the end of the book, he does mention Russian and Chinese actions as a possible motivation for Kim's nuclear program (which is more realistic than placing the blame entirely on Bush for backing out of the 1994 Framework Agreement).