Book reviews and more!

Posts tagged with ‘North Korea’

INVITATION-ONLY ZONE: THE TRUE STORY OF NORTH KOREAS ABDUCTION PROJECT by Robert S Boynton

January 27, 2016

NORTH KOREA’S ABDUCTIONS of Japanese citizens, explored in historical context. Fascinating and disturbing. B PLUS

INVITATION-ONLY ZONE: THE TRUE STORY OF NORTH KOREAS ABDUCTION PROJECT
Farrar Straus Giroux
2016

Grade: B PLUS

Tags: , , , ,

THE IMPOSSIBLE STATE, by Vincent Cha

September 24, 2012

AN EYE-OPENING OVERVIEW of the history of North Korea from a professor/former National Security Council staffer.

Grade: B PLUS

THE IMPOSSIBLE STATE: NORTH KOREA, PAST AND FUTURE
HarperCollins
2012

Tags: , , , , ,

ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14, by Blaine Harden

September 6, 2012

THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY of a man’s escape from the brutal North Korean prison camp where he was born.

Grade: A MINUS

ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14: ONE MAN'S REMARKABLE ODYSSEY FROM NORTH KOREA TO FREEDOM IN THE WEST
Penguin
2012

Tags: , , , , ,