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In this text, Andrei Lankov traces the formation of the North Korean state and the early years of Kim Il Song's rule, when the future "Great Leader" and his entourage were nurturing their power base.

In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. Based on vast expertise, this book reveals how average North Koreans live, how their leaders rule, and how both survive.

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The Kim dynasty has ruled North Korea for over 60 years. Most of that period has found the country suffering under mature Stalinism characterized by manipulation, brutality and tight social control. Nevertheless, some citizens of Kim Jong Il's regime manage to transcend his tyranny in their daily existence. This book describes that difficult but determined existence and the world that the North Koreans have created for themselves in the face o...

Andrei Lankov presents a detailed look at one of the turning points in North Korean history: the country's unsuccessful attempts to de-Stalinize in the mid-1950s. He demonstrates that North Korea was not a realm of undisturbed Stalinism, Kim Il Sung had to deal with a reformist opposition that was weak but present nevertheless.