false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169160189m/38491.jpg 38491 2 <B>America's leading historian on Korea offers a nuanced analysis that demolishes familiar generalizations</B>. <P>Depicted as an insular and forbidding police state with an "insane" dictator at its helm, North Korea &#151;charter member of Bush's "Axis of Evil" &#151;is a country the U.S. loves to hate. Now the CIA says it possesses nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, as well as long-range missiles capable of delivering them to America's West Coast. <P>But, as Bruce Cumings demonstrates in this provocative, lively read, the story of the U.S.-Korea conflict is more complex than our leaders or our news media would have us believe. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of Korea, and on declassified government reports, Cumings traces that story, from the brutal Korean War to the present crisis. Harboring no illusions regarding the totalitarian Kim Jong Il regime, Cumings nonetheless insists on a more nuanced approach. The result is both a counter-narrative to the official U.S. and North Korean versions and a fascinating portrayal of North Korea, a country that suffers through foreign invasions, natural disasters, and its own internal contradictions, yet somehow continues to survive. 38256 2003 North Korea: Another Country total:42|5:8|4:22|3:9|2:3|1:0| 42 161 70 8 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Oct 22 22:43:13 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 03 16:13:50 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 27 00:21:45 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 00:21:59 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 18:53:47 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 08:50:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 10:15:36 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 10:42:34 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jul 03 22:41:15 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 22:46:22 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 true false Thu Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Apr 13 17:21:04 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 20:45:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jan 22 05:01:15 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 05:01:42 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Nov 16 06:55:58 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 16 06:56:55 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 08:24:47 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 08:24:47 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 06:58:35 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 06:58:35 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 10:03:12 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 10:03:15 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 31 14:54:23 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 14:54:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 17:35:40 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 17:35:40 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jul 16 22:21:23 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 00:19:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 22:21:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 03 17:49:17 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 17:49:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 02 03:59:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 03:59:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 08 20:44:29 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 20:44:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Jun 03 01:10:31 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 01:10:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 09 03:03:24 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 03:03:24 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu May 07 18:49:57 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 11:04:37 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=38491