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Much hearsay surrounds North Korea and the intentions of Kim Jong-il. But B.R. Myers, as North Korea analysts argues that much of this ''knowledge'' is wrong. Similarly, that there is more discourse on North Korea's nuclear programme than the motivation behind it. Drawing on decades worth of research on Worker's party ideaology and propaganda, Myers shows how the regime is guided by a paranoid, race-based nationalism with roots in Japanese fascist thought. The illustrated study draws on public monuments, canonical texts of invented history and even romance novels.
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Electrifying... finely argued and brilliantly written. --Christopher Hitchens, Slate
Provocative... A fascinating analysis. --Dwight Garner, The New York Times
A scary... close reading of domestic propaganda [that] goes a long way toward explaining the erratic behavior and seemingly bizarre thought processes of Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. --The Wall Street Journal
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Provocative... A fascinating analysis. --Dwight Garner, The New York Times
A scary... close reading of domestic propaganda [that] goes a long way toward explaining the erratic behavior and seemingly bizarre thought processes of Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. --The Wall Street Journal
B.R. Myers was born in New Jersey and raised in Bermuda, South Africa and Germany. He has a Ph.D. in North Korean Studies from the University of Tübingen in Germany. His books include Han Sorya and North Korean Literature (Cornell East Asia Series, 1994) and A Reader's Manifesto (Melville House, 2002). At present he directs the international studies department at Dongseo University in South Korea. In addition to writing literary criticism for the American magazine The Atlantic, of which he is a contributing editor, Myers regularly contributes articles on North Korea to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and academic publications.
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