LEADER 03680oam 2200685I 450 001 9910783806003321 005 20230607220523.0 010 $a1-135-78821-9 010 $a1-135-78822-7 010 $a1-280-10928-9 010 $a0-203-99508-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203995082 035 $a(CKB)1000000000252280 035 $a(EBL)237374 035 $a(OCoLC)475946938 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000212239 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12042769 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212239 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10137323 035 $a(PQKB)10686564 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000304577 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11947630 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000304577 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10278620 035 $a(PQKB)11721384 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC237374 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL237374 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099362 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL10928 035 $a(OCoLC)437151017 035 $a(OCoLC)252955469 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000252280 100 $a20180331d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNorth Korea under communism $ereport of an envoy to paradise /$fErik Cornell ; translated by Rodney Bradbury 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon/Taylor & Francis,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (203 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7007-1697-1 311 $a0-7007-1692-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-193) and index. 327 $aBOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 Historical review; 2 To Pyongyang; 3 Diplomacy in the twentieth century; 4 Day to day life in Pyongyang; 5 The Song of Paradise a musical about the social order; 6 Juche ideology; 7 A meeting of the parliament; 8 About North Korean justice; 9 Australian intermezzo; 10 The smuggling crisis; 11 The road to the smuggling policy; 12 Between Beijing and Moscow; 13 The reunification issue: an assessment of the situation in 1977; 14 Back to Pyongyang; 15 Carnival in Pyongyang; 16 1988 a year of afflictions 327 $a17 The equations of reunification: an assessment of the situation in 198818 The ideological issue; 19 Confucianism and communism: an attempt at orientation in North Korean ideology; 20 Kim Il Sung's Marxism; 21 As long as the game goes on; 22 A summary of the doctrines of Marx and Engels; 23 The Lenin epoch the theories are confronted with the practice; 24 The Stalin epoch theory subordinated to practice; 25 After Stalin can theory and practice be united; 26 The road to ruin; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aAfter the collapse of the Soviet world, North Korea alone has continued on the rigid communist way, in spite of its economic consequences leading the state beyond ruin to famine. What are the reasons behind this peculiar choice of direction? Why did the leaders in Pyongyang pursue a policy abandoned not only by the Soviet Union, but also by China and Vietnam? The author of this book spent three years as head of the embassy of Sweden in Pyongyang. Until a few years ago, it was the only Western embassy in North Korea. His unique experiences are related with descriptions of day-to-day life an 606 $aCommunism$zKorea (North) 607 $aKorea (North)$xPolitics and government 615 0$aCommunism 676 $a951.9304/3 686 $a15.75$2bcl 700 $aCornell$b Erik.$0661936 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783806003321 996 $aNorth Korea under communism$93698754 997 $aUNINA