Books 2010 #5 The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters

Apparently, I read The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters just in time for some sort of insane endgame in North Korea. I’d like to say that after reading this book I have a complete understanding of the motivations behind the recent sinking of a South Korean ship. I don’t. To be honest, the internal mythology is just so weird I have a hard time fully wrapping my head around it when focused on an event as bold, and plainly dangerous, as this one is for the regime. If you have any interest at all in the politics of the Korean peninsula, or even just have a hankering to read about some bizarre/unique ideas/propaganda, you should check out this relatively short, incredibly well written and researched book.