The Real North Korea - Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia

Zusatztext [A] probing, clear-eyed study Lankov's is one of the best and most accessible recent accounts of this seemingly outlandish nation. Informationen zum Autor Andrei Lankov is Professor of History at Kookmin University in Seoul, South Korea. A native of Leningrad, he studied in North Korea as an exchange student. His books include North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea, and From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: The Formation of North Korea, 1945-1960. Klappentext In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. Based on vast expertise, this book reveals how average North Koreans live, how their leaders rule, and how both survive. Zusammenfassung In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. Based on vast expertise, this book reveals how average North Koreans live, how their leaders rule, and how both survive. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION Part 1. THE SOCIETY KIM IL SUNG BUILT AND HOW HE DID IT Part 2: TWO DECADES OF CRISIS Part 3. THE LOGIC OF SURVIVAL (DOMESTICALLY) Part 4. THE SURVIVAL DIPLOMACY Part 5. WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE NORTH? Part 6. BEING READY FOR WHAT WE WISH FOR CONCLUSION

Product details

• Authors: Lankov, Andrei Lankov, Lankov Andrei
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2013
• EAN: 9780199964291
• ISBN: 978-0-19-996429-1
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 242 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, North Korea, Political ideologies and movements