North Korea: A Strange Socialist Fortress

Rating:
Summary: It must have been a dirty job...
Review: ...but someone had to do it: this look inside North Korea is based exclusively on the writings of Kim Il-sung. This gives the book its undeniable strengths, though at the same time after 200 pages it feels like one has been trapped in the Great Leader's funhouse mirrors of lies and deceptions. A nice companion volume to other works such as Nicholas Eberstadt's "The End of North Korea" and Marcus Noland's "Avoiding the Apocalypse" which step out side the funhouse for a less distorted view.

Rating:
Summary: It must have been a dirty job...
Review: ...but someone had to do it: this look inside North Korea is based exclusively on the writings of Kim Il-sung. This gives the book its undeniable strengths, though at the same time after 200 pages it feels like one has been trapped in the Great Leader's funhouse mirrors of lies and deceptions. A nice companion volume to other works such as Nicholas Eberstadt's "The End of North Korea" and Marcus Noland's "Avoiding the Apocalypse" which step out side the funhouse for a less distorted view.