The Reluctant Communist
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The Reluctant Communist
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Author : Charles Robert Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2008-03-25
The Reluctant Communist written by Charles Robert Jenkins and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-25 with History categories.
In January of 1965, twenty-four-year-old U.S. Army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins abandoned his post in South Korea, walked across the DMZ, and surrendered to communist North Korean soldiers standing sentry along the world's most heavily militarized border. He believed his action would get him back to the States and a short jail sentence. Instead he found himself in another sort of prison, where for forty years he suffered under one of the most brutal and repressive regimes the world has known. This fast-paced, harrowing tale, told plainly and simply by Jenkins (with journalist Jim Frederick), takes the reader behind the North Korean curtain and reveals the inner workings of its isolated society while offering a powerful testament to the human spirit.
Summary Of Charles Robert Jenkins Jim Frederick S The Reluctant Communist
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Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-06-09T22:59:00Z
Summary Of Charles Robert Jenkins Jim Frederick S The Reluctant Communist written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-09T22:59:00Z with History categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 My father, who was a big man, worked at an ice plant. He was drafted into World War II but never served because the doctor from our town wrote the draft board to get him out of going because the town needed ice. #2 My father, Clifton Rose Jenkins, was a racist. He had a drinking problem, and he liked his alcohol. He was also the owner of the ice plant where I worked. #3 My father was a hard worker, but the ice business wound up killing him. My mother moved us all back to Rich Square, and she went to work as a nurse for a chiropractor in town. She would sit me in a chair and not let me move or speak until she said I could go. #4 I was always very good at a lot of things that were not taught in school. I was also unusually strong and athletic for my size. I did not like school, and I was not good at it. I spent my time out of school working.
The Reluctant Communist My Desertion Court Martial And Forty Year Imprisonment In North Korea
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The Reluctant Communist My Desertion Court Martial And Forty Year Imprisonment In North Korea written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
In January of 1965, twenty-four-year-old U.S. Army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins abandoned his post in South Korea, walked across the DMZ, and surrendered to communist North Korean soldiers standing sentry along the world's most heavily militarized border. While both the United States and North Korea would insist that Jenkins had defected for political reasons, the truth, as we learn in this riveting autobiography, was more mundane: he was scared, drunk, and homesick, and he believed his action would net him back to the States where he'd face a short jail sentence. Instead he found himself in another sort of prison, where for forty years he suffered under one of the most brutal and repressive regimes the world has known.
The Reluctant Communist
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Author : Charles Robert Jenkins
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2008
The Reluctant Communist written by Charles Robert Jenkins and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"This fast-paced, harrowing tale, told plainly and simply by Jenkins (with journalist Jim Frederick), takes the reader behind the North Korean curtain and, episode by episode, reveals the inner workings of its isolated society. Jenkins mounted numerous failed escape attempts, was indoctrinated against his will into North Korea's communist cadre system, and endured hunger, cold, and isolation. His loneliness was relieved in 1980 by his marriage to Hitomi Soga. a young Japanese woman whom the North Koreans had abducted as part of a wider campaign to teach Japanese to future spies. Jenkins's account of their life together and as parents of two daughters, as welt as their improbable journey to freedom, which began in 2002, brings this story to a close. Four decades in the world's least known, least visited, and least understood land profoundly changed him; his memoir now offers the reader a powerful testament to the human spirit."--BOOK JACKET.
North Korea Undercover
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Author : John Sweeney
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2013-11-14
North Korea Undercover written by John Sweeney and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-14 with Political Science categories.
North Korea is like no other tyranny on earth. It is Orwell’s 1984 made reality. The regime controls the flow of information to its citizens, pouring relentless propaganda through omnipresent loud speakers. Free speech is an illusion: one word out of line and the gulag awaits. State spies are everywhere, ready to punish disloyalty and the slightest sign of discontent. You must bow to Kim Il Sung, the Eternal Leader and to his son, Generalissimo Kim Jong Il. Worship the dead and then hail the living, the Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. North Koreans are told their home is the greatest nation on earth. Big Brother is always watching. Posing as a university professor, award-winning BBC journalist John Sweeney travelled undercover to gain unprecedented access to the world’s most secret state. Drawing on his own experiences and his extensive interviews with defectors and other key witnesses, North Korea Undercover pulls back the curtain, providing a rare insight into life there today, examining the country’s troubled history and addressing important questions about its uncertain future. Sweeney’s highly engaging, authoritative account illuminates the dark side of the Hermit Kingdom and challenges the West’s perception of this paranoid nationalist state.
The Reluctant Crusade
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Author : James Irving Matray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The Reluctant Crusade written by James Irving Matray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Korea categories.
Matray skildrer USA's udenrigspolitiske holdning til Korea, der udvikler sig fra upåagtethed til et stærkt militært engagement under Koreakrigen.
Witness To Transformation
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Author : Stephan Haggard
language : en
Publisher: Peterson Institute
Release Date : 2010-07-20
Witness To Transformation written by Stephan Haggard and has been published by Peterson Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-20 with Political Science categories.
"Human rights and the protection of refugees is not a concern of left or right, or of the US only; it is an issue of importance to all Koreans, and indeed all countries. Haggard and Noland provide compelling evidence of the ongoing transformation of North Korean society and offer thoughtful proposals as to how the outside world might facilitate peaceful evolution."--Yoon Young-kwan, former Foreign Minister, Rob Moo-byun government --Book Jacket
My Holiday In North Korea
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Author : Wendy E. Simmons
language : en
Publisher: Rosetta Books
Release Date : 2016-05-03
My Holiday In North Korea written by Wendy E. Simmons and has been published by Rosetta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-03 with Travel categories.
“You remember Eat, Pray, Love and Under the Tuscan Sun? Yeah, this really isn’t like those. It’s better” (San Francisco Chronicle). Most people want out of North Korea. Wendy Simmons wanted in. In My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth, Wendy shares a glimpse of North Korea as it’s never been seen before. Even though it’s the scariest place on Earth, somehow Wendy forgot to check her sense of humor at the border. But Wendy’s initial amusement and bewilderment soon turned to frustration and growing paranoia. Before long, she learned the essential conundrum of “tourism” in North Korea: Travel is truly a love affair. But, just like love, it’s a two-way street. And North Korea deprives you of all this. They want you to fall in love with the singular vision of the country they’re willing to show you and nothing more. Through poignant, laugh-out-loud essays and ninety-two never-before-published color photographs of North Korea, Wendy chronicles one of the strangest vacations ever. Along the way, she bares all while undergoing an inner journey as convoluted as the country itself. “Much of the humor and poignancy comes from the absurdity of a fun-loving free spirit taking a vacation that’s more rigidly scripted and controlled than a presidential motorcade . . . Simmons’ photos—including an eerie image of a classroom full of schoolgirls playing accordions—further illustrate the bizarre nature of a country that, whether for good or bad, has been carefully controlled for generations.” —San Francisco Chronicle “An irresistible read . . . A rare and fascinating look at the tourist’s North Korea in a work that is humorous, appalling, and very sad. A highly recommended and revealing glimpse into a secretive land.” —Library Journal
Stalin S Curse
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Author : Robert Gellately
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2013-03-05
Stalin S Curse written by Robert Gellately and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-05 with History categories.
A chilling, riveting account based on newly released Russian documentation that reveals Joseph Stalin’s true motives—and the extent of his enduring commitment to expanding the Soviet empire—during the years in which he seemingly collaborated with Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and the capitalist West. At the Big Three conferences of World War II, Joseph Stalin persuasively played the role of a great world leader, whose primary concerns lay in international strategy and power politics, and not communist ideology. Now, using recently uncovered documents, Robert Gellately conclusively shows that, in fact, the dictator was biding his time, determined to establish Communist regimes across Europe and beyond. His actions during those years—and the poorly calculated responses to them from the West—set in motion what would eventually become the Cold War. Exciting, deeply engaging, and shrewdly perceptive, Stalin’s Curse is an unprecedented revelation of the sinister machinations of Stalin’s Kremlin.
North Korea
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Author : Heonik Kwon
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2012-03-12
North Korea written by Heonik Kwon and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-12 with Political Science categories.
This timely, pathbreaking study of North Korea’s political history and culture sheds invaluable light on the country’s unique leadership continuity and succession. Leading scholars Heonik Kwon and Byung-Ho Chung begin by tracing Kim Il Sung’s rise to power during the Cold War. They show how his successor, his eldest son, Kim Jong Il, sponsored the production of revolutionary art to unleash a public political culture that would consolidate Kim’s charismatic power and his own hereditary authority. The result was the birth of a powerful modern theater state that sustains North Korean leaders’ sovereignty now to a third generation. In defiance of the instability to which so many revolutionary states eventually succumb, the durability of charismatic politics in North Korea defines its exceptional place in modern history. Kwon and Chung make an innovative contribution to comparative socialism and postsocialism as well as to the anthropology of the state. Their pioneering work is essential for all readers interested in understanding North Korea’s past and future, the destiny of charismatic power in modern politics, the role of art in enabling this power.