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North Korea: Another Country
By (Author) Bruce Cumings
The New Press
The New Press
24th November 2003
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Left-of-centre democratic ideologies
Australasian and Pacific history
327.7305193
Hardback
264
Width 124mm, Height 194mm
391g
From Bruce Cummings, historian and analyst of Korea, comes this timely look at North Korea and its troubled relations with the United States. American commentary has positioned North Korea as a hated member of the "Axis of Evil" with an insane, Stalinist leader, but also as a mysterious and unknown adversary. Utilizing an expensive array of formerly secret documents, Cummings demonstrates that we know a considerable amount about North Korea and that the situation is more complex than the media or leaders allow.
"Cumings counters the hype with an instructive history." The New York Times
"Few books of political commentary are as insightful, outspoken, and even personable, as this one." Booklist
"Americas leading historian and political analyst of contemporary Korea." —Chalmers Johnson, Author of Blowback
Bruce Cumings is the author of North Korea, Koreas Place in the Sun, and Parallax Visions. He teaches at the University of Chicago.