LEADER 04001nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910822479603321 005 20240313181524.0 010 $a0-19-997584-1 010 $a1-299-45680-4 010 $a0-19-996430-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000001018751 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001600558 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16308307 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001600558 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14893516 035 $a(PQKB)11136766 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860732 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12438970 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860732 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10913876 035 $a(PQKB)11326975 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1153297 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1153297 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10685000 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL476930 035 $a(OCoLC)922904420 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001018751 100 $a20121120d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe real North Korea $elife and politics in the failed Stalinist utopia /$fAndrei Lankov 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2013 215 $axv, 304 p 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-939003-7 311 $a0-19-996429-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe society Kim Il Sung built and how he did it -- Two decades of crisis -- The logic of survival (domestically) -- The survival diplomacy interlude -- The contours of a future: what might happen to North Korea in the next two decades -- What to do about the North? -- Being ready for what we wish for -- Conclusion. 330 $a"Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career, using his fluency in Korean and personal contacts to build a rich, nuanced understanding. In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. After providing an accessible history of the nation, he turns his focus to what North Korea is, what its leadership thinks, and how its people cope with living in such an oppressive and poor place. He argues that North Korea is not irrational, and nothing shows this better than its continuing survival against all odds. A living political fossil, it clings to existence in the face of limited resources and a zombie economy, manipulating great powers despite its weakness. Its leaders are not ideological zealots or madmen, but perhaps the best practitioners of Machiavellian politics that can be found in the modern world. Even though they preside over a failed state, they have successfully used diplomacy-including nuclear threats-to extract support from other nations. But while the people in charge have been ruthless and successful in holding on to power, Lankov goes on to argue that this cannot continue forever, since the old system is slowly falling apart. In the long run, with or without reform, the regime is unsustainable. Lankov contends that reforms, if attempted, will trigger a dramatic implosion of the regime. They will not prolong its existence. Based on vast expertise, this book reveals how average North Koreans live, how their leaders rule, and how both survive"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aInternational relations 607 $aKorea (North)$xForeign relations 607 $aKorea (North)$xPolitics and government$y1994- 615 0$aInternational relations. 676 $a951.9304 686 $aPOL000000$aHIS003000$aPOL009000$2bisacsh 700 $aLankov$b A. N$g(Andrei Nikolaevich)$01674007 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822479603321 996 $aThe real North Korea$94038520 997 $aUNINA