Honor for history book is given back amid criticism of its citations. Author says there are 52 errors he sees as accidental and mostly minor, but others see more fundamental problems.

The John K. Fairbank Prize of the American Historical Association each year honors the best scholarly book in East Asian history. The prize includes $1,000 and is a major honor, named for the late Harvard University professor who was for many years dean of the field.
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Last week, the AHA announced that the 2014 prize had been returned, amid continuing controversy over the book that was honored, and questions about its citations. The book is Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950-1992, published by Cornell University Press and written by Charles K. Armstrong, the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies at Columbia University.
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