Comrades and Strangers

Author: Michael Harrold
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470869844
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432

Book Description
In 1987 Michael Harrold went to North Korea to work as English language adviser on translations of the speeches of the late President Kim Il Sung (the Great Leader) and his son and heir Kim Jong Il (then Dear Leader and now head of state). For seven years he lived in Pyongyang enjoying privileged access to the ruling classes and enjoying the confidence of the country’s young elite. In this fascinating insight into the culture of North Korea he describes the hospitality of his hosts, how they were shaken by the Velvet Revolution of 1989 and many of the fascinating characters he met from South Korean and American GI defectors to his Korean minder and socialite friends. After seven years and having been caught passing South Korean music tapes to friends and going out without his minder to places forbidden to foreigners, he was asked to leave the country.

Strangers and Comrades

Author: Alfred Slote
Publisher: New York : Paperback Library
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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The Hidden People of North Korea

Author: Ralph C. Hassig
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742567184
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
This unique book provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of life in North Korea today. Drawing on decades of insider knowledge and experience, noted experts Ralph Hassig and Kongdan Oh explore a world few outsiders can imagine. In vivid detail, the authors describe how the secretive and authoritarian government of Kim Jong-il shapes every aspect of its citizens' lives, how the command socialist economy has utterly failed, and how ordinary individuals struggle to survive through small-scale capitalism. North Koreans remain hungry and oppressed, yet the outside world is slowly filtering in, and the book concludes by urging the United States to flood North Korea with information so that its people can make decisions based on truth rather than their dictator's ubiquitous propaganda.

The Comrade

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Socialism
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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The Laws of Plato

Author: Plato
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226671109
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 580

Book Description
HIST 311 : Classical History / Dr. Blum.

Ethnicity and Governance in the Third World

Author: Pita Ogaba Agbese
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135173606X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
This title was first published in 2001. Written by an outstanding international group of researchers focusing on ethnic conflict, this refreshing analysis provides practical and effective policy options for the people of the Third World.

The Way of the Strangers

Author: Graeme Wood (Journalist)
Publisher:
ISBN: 0812988752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
"The Way of the Strangers is an intimate journey into the minds of the Islamic State's true believers. From the streets of Cairo to the mosques of London, Wood interviews supporters, recruiters, and sympathizers of the group...Wood speaks with non-Islamic State Muslim scholars and jihadists, and explores the group's idiosyncratic, coherent approach to Islam...Through character study and analysis, Wood provides a clear-eyed look at a movement that has inspired so many people to abandon or uproot their families.

Army Letters, 1861-1865

Author: Oliver Wilcox Norton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Appomattox Campaign, 1865
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Pennsylvania at Gettysburg

Author: Gettysburg Battlefield Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
Languages : en
Pages : 736

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Every Step of the Way

Author: Michael Morris
Publisher: HSRC Press
ISBN: 9780796920614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
Every Step of the Way celebrates the tenth anniversary of South Africa's first democratic election but also seeks to widen and promote a conversation about South Africa's contested pasts.