Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader

from chaosmogony

A very thorough, at times depressing, look into the North Korean regime from the very beginning. Worth a read if you're interested in that sort of thing.

from HadriantheBlind

Most detailed book on N.K. that I have read. Chilling and powerful in its detail.

from rameau

A few months ago, I reread 1984 and wondered whether such a society could survive. The answer is yes. Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il have done it. The personality cult is indeed a cult. It's like the whole nation is David Koresh's compound. We are not going to know the full truth about North Korean ...

from kburgin

Primarily a rewriting of official biographies of the North Korean leaders, plus extensive interviews with defectors. Interesting, but I was left wanting more critical analysis and connection to world politics.

from cyafer

An interesting and enlightening book whose true effect was heavily clouded by a confusing lack of organization. The author bounces rapidly between history, personal interpretations of events, recollections of his own travel to the country, and defector testimony. Each chapter is very loosely tied...