The Immortal Revolutionary Traditions
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Publishing House: Foreign Languages Publishing House of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [North Korea]
Pages: 202
In the history of propaganda, few nations try as hard to portray a smiling face atop a sordid reality as North Korea, the DPRK. It is a paradise to live in, according to the official line. Better yet, it has a history that warrants all the boasting and self-contentment that the greatest empires evince. Or so they would have us believe. This book shares that history, notably the period resulting in the liberation of Korea from the Japanese and the ascension of the Kim dynasty to power. There is a truth buried within the propaganda, but which is which is impossible to tell from this book. But what it does do is convey a luscious sense of struggle, iron commitment, noble sacrifice, and the certain vanquishing of enemies hounding a peace-loving nation. The photos and posters reproduced in the book will enchant the artist as well as the historian. And if this dream state seems different than the mean and self-devouring hardscrabble land that many Americans have fought and protected others from, well, they would blame that on our propaganda. But let’s not forget one notable difference: Their books can be sold in our country and ours cannot be sold in theirs, and therein lies the difference between the two civilizations.
Author:
Publishing House: Foreign Languages Publishing House of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [North Korea]
Pages: 202
In the history of propaganda, few nations try as hard to portray a smiling face atop a sordid reality as North Korea, the DPRK. It is a paradise to live in, according to the official line. Better yet, it has a history that warrants all the boasting and self-contentment that the greatest empires evince. Or so they would have us believe. This book shares that history, notably the period resulting in the liberation of Korea from the Japanese and the ascension of the Kim dynasty to power. There is a truth buried within the propaganda, but which is which is impossible to tell from this book. But what it does do is convey a luscious sense of struggle, iron commitment, noble sacrifice, and the certain vanquishing of enemies hounding a peace-loving nation. The photos and posters reproduced in the book will enchant the artist as well as the historian. And if this dream state seems different than the mean and self-devouring hardscrabble land that many Americans have fought and protected others from, well, they would blame that on our propaganda. But let’s not forget one notable difference: Their books can be sold in our country and ours cannot be sold in theirs, and therein lies the difference between the two civilizations.
Author:
Publishing House: Foreign Languages Publishing House of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [North Korea]
Pages: 202
In the history of propaganda, few nations try as hard to portray a smiling face atop a sordid reality as North Korea, the DPRK. It is a paradise to live in, according to the official line. Better yet, it has a history that warrants all the boasting and self-contentment that the greatest empires evince. Or so they would have us believe. This book shares that history, notably the period resulting in the liberation of Korea from the Japanese and the ascension of the Kim dynasty to power. There is a truth buried within the propaganda, but which is which is impossible to tell from this book. But what it does do is convey a luscious sense of struggle, iron commitment, noble sacrifice, and the certain vanquishing of enemies hounding a peace-loving nation. The photos and posters reproduced in the book will enchant the artist as well as the historian. And if this dream state seems different than the mean and self-devouring hardscrabble land that many Americans have fought and protected others from, well, they would blame that on our propaganda. But let’s not forget one notable difference: Their books can be sold in our country and ours cannot be sold in theirs, and therein lies the difference between the two civilizations.