Andrei Lankov is Professor of History at Koomkin University in Seoul, South Korea. A native of Leningrad, he studied in North Korea as an exchange student. His books include North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea, and From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: The Formation of North Korea, 1945-1960.
Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career, using his fluency in Korean and personal contacts to build a rich, nuanced understanding.
In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. After providing an accessible history of the nation, he turns his focus to what North Korea is, what its leadership thinks, and how its people cope with living in such an oppressive and poor place. He argues that North Korea is not irrational, and nothing shows this better than its continuing survival against all odds. A living political fossil, it clings to existence in the face of limited resources and a zombie economy, manipulating great powers despite its weakness. Its leaders are not ideological zealots or madmen, but perhaps the best practitioners of Machiavellian politics that can be found in the modern world. Even though they preside over a failed state, they have successfully used diplomacy-including nuclear threats-to extract support from other nations. But while the people in charge have been ruthless and successful in holding on to power, Lankov goes on to argue that this cannot continue forever, since the old system is slowly falling apart. In the long run, with or without reform, the regime is unsustainable. Lankov contends that reforms, if attempted, will trigger a dramatic implosion of the regime. They will not prolong its existence.
Based on vast expertise, this book reveals how average North Koreans live, how their leaders rule, and how both survive.
發表於2024-11-21
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五星好評! 看過幾本美國人寫的朝鮮,套路都是揭發金氏傢族治國之無能,統治之殘暴,國際上之流氓。這本書也有這些,但作為曆史學傢,作者更加關注這些現象背後,朝鮮統治階級的動機是什麼,有什麼解決方案走齣目前的睏境?未來可能的演化路徑是什麼樣的?如何采取必要的措施...
評分五星好評! 看過幾本美國人寫的朝鮮,套路都是揭發金氏傢族治國之無能,統治之殘暴,國際上之流氓。這本書也有這些,但作為曆史學傢,作者更加關注這些現象背後,朝鮮統治階級的動機是什麼,有什麼解決方案走齣目前的睏境?未來可能的演化路徑是什麼樣的?如何采取必要的措施...
評分五星好評! 看過幾本美國人寫的朝鮮,套路都是揭發金氏傢族治國之無能,統治之殘暴,國際上之流氓。這本書也有這些,但作為曆史學傢,作者更加關注這些現象背後,朝鮮統治階級的動機是什麼,有什麼解決方案走齣目前的睏境?未來可能的演化路徑是什麼樣的?如何采取必要的措施...
評分五星好評! 看過幾本美國人寫的朝鮮,套路都是揭發金氏傢族治國之無能,統治之殘暴,國際上之流氓。這本書也有這些,但作為曆史學傢,作者更加關注這些現象背後,朝鮮統治階級的動機是什麼,有什麼解決方案走齣目前的睏境?未來可能的演化路徑是什麼樣的?如何采取必要的措施...
評分五星好評! 看過幾本美國人寫的朝鮮,套路都是揭發金氏傢族治國之無能,統治之殘暴,國際上之流氓。這本書也有這些,但作為曆史學傢,作者更加關注這些現象背後,朝鮮統治階級的動機是什麼,有什麼解決方案走齣目前的睏境?未來可能的演化路徑是什麼樣的?如何采取必要的措施...
圖書標籤: 朝鮮 政治 society 英文版 社會 政治學 非虛構-外國作者 英文原著
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評分朝鮮近代簡史和對朝鮮問題的解析和預測。高壓的政治和停滯的經濟讓朝鮮無法走齣斯大林主義的睏境,用核威脅敲詐人道援助是其苟延殘喘的方法。然而由於經濟的不可持續性,未來朝鮮一定會遇到危機。應當思考的是如何把危機的負麵影響減少,並促成朝鮮轉型。作者給齣的方案是盡力讓朝鮮人接觸到外界,建立好的現代政治認知。至於朝韓統一,作者也談到陽光政策在韓國影響力的式微,以及韓國對統一興趣的減弱。最好的方法也許是建立過渡性的邦聯,並不開展激進而盲目的政治清算。
評分朝鮮近代簡史和對朝鮮問題的解析和預測。高壓的政治和停滯的經濟讓朝鮮無法走齣斯大林主義的睏境,用核威脅敲詐人道援助是其苟延殘喘的方法。然而由於經濟的不可持續性,未來朝鮮一定會遇到危機。應當思考的是如何把危機的負麵影響減少,並促成朝鮮轉型。作者給齣的方案是盡力讓朝鮮人接觸到外界,建立好的現代政治認知。至於朝韓統一,作者也談到陽光政策在韓國影響力的式微,以及韓國對統一興趣的減弱。最好的方法也許是建立過渡性的邦聯,並不開展激進而盲目的政治清算。
評分我的天呐!豆瓣上真的是什麼書都能查到啊!厲害!對我這個對朝鮮一無所知的好奇小白來說,這本書是非常棒瞭。
評分朝鮮危機最大的受害者是無法發聲的2000萬朝鮮民眾,金氏王朝的一切荒謬行為歸根到底隻是保命的生存策略。近在咫尺的韓國的成功,是朝鮮體係穩定的最大威脅,這反而成為朝鮮這種前所未見的封閉的根本原因。長遠看來,現行體製必定崩潰,隻是這過程將極為不確定。
The Real North Korea 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載