The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (509 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00K8CMJM2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 540 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book's strength is its detailed possible scenarios for a post-Kim Jong Un DPRK. What will the north be like without Kim? Craig Rowland The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia by Andrei Lankov was written in 2013, two years after the Supreme Leader Marshal Kim Jong Un succeeded his late father, the Dear Leader Comrade General Kim Jong Il. Lankov was a Soviet-era exchange student who studied in Pyongyang and his fluency in Korean endeared him to his teachers and gave him access to the North Korean public. This book was unlike other modern accounts of the DPRK which I have read, in that. Scott A. Franco said Good read. I must admit it takes real mental gymnastics to wrap your head around the fact that a soviet national (from Leningrad) wrote a book on north Korea that is decidedly pro-capitalist. But past that, its an excellent overview of the DPRK, lacking only in the very latest of details. Kim Jong Nam went from simply being the bad sheep of the family to occupying a suite 6 feet underground. I suspect it is impossible to produce a true current edition on DPRK. The changes are simply to fast t. J. V. Simson said A Rational and Sensitive Look at North Korea by a True Expert. . For anyone interested in the history and politics of North Korea, this is an essential read. Andrei Lankov is an expert, in the best sense of that word, on the history, culture, and politics of this rogue nation. He has lived in N. Korea, and has experienced it both first hand and at a distance, as a cultural and political analyst. His prose is clear and convincing, his arguments both analytic and sensitive.Lankov explains how N. Korea took an increasingly extreme path in the for
In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. He argues that North Korea is not irrational, and nothing shows this better than its continuing survival against all odds. In the long run, with or without reform, the regime is unsustainable. Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A living political fossil, it clings to existence in the face of limited resources and a zombie economy, manipulating great powers despite its weakness. Based on vast expertise, this book reveals how average North Koreans live, how their leaders rule, and how both survive.. They will not prolong its existence. A native of the fo