Over the years, Andrei N. Lankov has become firmly established in English-language academia as a preeminent scholar of North Korea, matched only by few in his breadth of knowledge, linguistic fluency, and prolific research contributions. It would be no surprise, then, if his 2013 The Real North Korea becomes one of the most informative and useful guidelines available over the coming years not only for non-specialist readers interested in North Korea, but also for dedicated researchers of modern Korean history and society. Divided into six chapters which chronicle the history of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and lay out some possible political measures for the present along with future scenarios, The Real North Korea sets out to explain “the inner logic of North Korean behavior” stemming from “long-term developments” in North Korean society (xii). The book’s discussion of “ways to mitigate the problems and control the damage” on the divided Korean Peninsula (xiv) may also be a useful reference for those interested in contemplating North Korea’s future. Such potential contributions notwithstanding, the book is fraught with

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真正的朝鲜：失败的斯大林主义乌托邦中的生活和政治。作者：安德烈·兰科夫 纽约：牛津大学出版社，2013.xv，283 页 [ISBN 9780199964291]

多年来，安德烈·N·兰科夫 (Andrei N. Lankov) 已在英语学术界牢固确立为朝鲜问题的杰出学者，其知识广度、语言流畅性和多产的研究贡献屈指可数。因此，如果他的 2013 年《真实的朝鲜》成为未来几年内容最丰富、最有用的指南之一，不仅适用于对朝鲜感兴趣的非专业读者，而且适用于现代韩国历史的专职研究人员，这也就不足为奇了。和社会。分为六章，记载了朝鲜民主主义人民共和国的历史，并列出了一些目前可能采取的政治措施以及未来的设想，真实的朝鲜着手解释源于朝鲜社会“长期发展”的“朝鲜行为的内在逻辑”（xii）。这本书对分裂的朝鲜半岛（xiv）的“缓解问题和控制损害的方法”的讨论，对于那些有兴趣思考朝鲜未来的人来说，也可能是有用的参考。尽管有这些潜在的贡献，这本书还是充满了