TY - BOOK AU - POWEL Bill TI - The coldest war : : how a succession crisis put the U.S and North Korea on a collision course and why two Americans are caught in the middle PY - 2009/// KW - NORTH KOREA KW - POLITICS KW - UNITED STATES KW - NORTH KOREA KW - ADMINISTRATION N2 - Kim Jong Un is 26 the youngest son of the leader North Korea's Kim Jong II of is now many analysts believe officially in line to suceed Kim Jong II as a leader of the democratic people's of republic of Korea. The United States administration has broached to Beijing the possibility of participating in the proliferation security initiative which aims to block suspected shipments of weapons nuclear materiel from states such as North Korea, Iran and Syria ER -