North Korea : State of Paranoia (Paperback)

from enemyanniemae

Thanks to LibraryThing's Early Reviewer Program for a copy of this title! I found this book both fascinating and frustrating. While the glimpses into the shrouded secrecy of daily life in North Korea were eye opening and sometimes horrifying, the author's tendency to jump back and forth in time w...

from Garp83

Despite my own conceit that I possess a fairly broad understanding of international politics and geography, the truth is that like most Americans I know next to nothing about North Korea, a bitter enemy of the United States for more than sixty years and perhaps the final remaining domino of the C...

from dhelmen

An interesting, though somewhat awkwardly written, overview of North Korean politics and daily life. The end notes are not as extensive as i had hoped they would be. I would have been interested in delving further into some topics, and especially in looking into the sources of some of the informa...

from bookwormgeek

French writes an interesting study on one of the most reclusive countries in the world. His examinations of the cultural, economic, and day-to-day life of North Korea is fascinating, and fairly easy to read. I didn't have any problem with the acronyms that others seemed to, but that was just me. ...

from Lurchador

I wouldn't even know how to write a book on North Korea. Paul French has been able to explain how unique of a country North Korea is. It is communist unlike the former USSR and China. North Korea has their own way of running things which the author describes to the best of his ability that many r...