Intellectual Takeout (ITO) blog review:
"This edition of North Korea: A Country Study replaces the previous
edition, published in 1994. Like its predecessor, this study
attempts to review the history and treat in a concise manner the
dominant social, political, economic, and military aspects of
contemporary North Korea. Sources of information included books,
scholarly journals, foreign and domestic newspapers, official
reports of governments and international organizations, and
numerous periodicals and Web sites on Korean and East Asian
affairs. A word of caution is necessary, however. Even though more
information is forthcoming from and about North Korea since it
became a member of the United Nations in 1991, the government of a
closed society such as that of North Korea controls information for
internal and external consumption, limiting both the scope of
coverage and its dissemination.?"
Review from Goodreads: Nick Wallace rated it with 3 stars and had
this to say, Reviews from Goodreads: "Though not entirely
eye-opening to anyone with more than cursory knowledge of the
regime over the past 65 years, this book is still a wealth of
helpful information on nearly every aspect of the society of North
Korea. Though I would like to find a history with more particular
focus, I also know that the kind of data necessary would be
difficult to obtain if not to compile."
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