The real North Korea : life and politics in the failed Stalinist utopia / Andrei Lankov.
After providing an accessible history of the nation, the author turns his focus to what North Korea is, what its leadership thinks and how its people cope with living in such an oppressive and poor place, arguing that North Korea is not irrational, but rather a nation that has survived against all odds.
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- ISBN: 0199964297
- ISBN: 9780199964291
- Physical Description: xv, 283 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, [2013]
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Chapter 1 Society Kim II Sung Built and How He Did It 1 -- Captain Kim Returns Home 1 -- Way to War 9 -- Between Moscow and Beijing: The Foreign Policy of Kim II Sung s North Korea 15 -- Dealing with the South 27 -- Command Society 34 -- A Country of Camps 45 -- World According to Kim II Sung 50 -- Silver Lining in a Social Disaster 61 -- Birth of Juche, the Rise of the Son, and the Slow-Motion Demise of a Hyper-Stalinist Economy 67 -- Chapter 2 Two Decades of Crisis 75 -- And Then the World Changed 75 -- Capitalism Reborn 82 -- State Withers Away 88 -- Taking the Exit Option: Not an Exodus Yet, But... 94 -- Arrival in Paradise, aka Capitalist Hell 97 -- Changing Worldviews 102 -- Chapter 3 Logic of Survival (Domestically) 109 -- Reform as Collective Political Suicide 109 -- Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle: (Not-So-Successful) Crackdowns on Market Activity 119 -- A Disaster That Almost Happened: The Currency Reform of 2009 126 -- Belated Rise of a "New Star General" 132 -- Sudden Beginning of a New Era 135 -- Chapter 4 Survival Diplomacy 145 -- Playing the Nuclear Card 146 -- Aid-Maximizing Diplomacy 150 -- Meanwhile, in South Korea... (the Rise of 386ers and Its Consequences) 157 -- A Decade of Sunshine 162 -- Sun Sets 172 -- Entry of China 179 -- INTERLUDE The Contours of a Future: What Might Happen to North Korea in the Next Two Decades 187 -- Why North Korea Is Likely to Continue for a While (But Not Forever) 188 -- Contours of a Coming Crisis 191 -- Stability Will Return, but How? 196 -- Chapter 5 What to Do about the North? 203 -- Why the Sticks Are Not Big Enough 203 -- Why the Carrots Are Not Sweet Enough (and Why "Strategic Patience" Is Not a Great Idea, Either) 208 -- Thinking Long Term 212 -- Hidden Benefits of Engagement 217 -- Reaching the People 225 -- Why They Matter: Working with the Refugees in South Korea 228 -- Chapter 6 Being Ready for What We Wish For 233 -- A Perfect Storm 234 -- A Provisional Confederation as the Least Unacceptable Solution 243 -- Something about Painkillers ... 252.
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| 264 | 1. | ‡aOxford ; ‡aNew York : ‡bOxford University Press, ‡c[2013] | |
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