Review of B. R. Myers’ The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters (2011), a Novel by a Supposed "Leading Expert"

Notes:

The preface makes no mention of joint U.S.-SK war games on the peninsula in order to paint a picture of NK “military escalations” which suits his purposes.

When discussing the “superior economy” of the south, U.S. investment in SK and global sanctions on the north are not given adequate coverage.

The “attacks on South Korean forces in 2010” (preface to 2011 paperback edition), are, according to Myers, a case of north Korean weapons posturing, though they were in actuality response to provocative south Korean war demonstrations.^[1]^[2] The annual U.S.-ROK war rehearsals are obviously not something Myers is inclined to mention.
The DPRK’s well-documented diplomatic and military support for African and Palestinian revolutionary liberation movements throughout its existence is not mentioned even in passing.
Citations for several things, mostly the attitude of the DPRK, are lacking. Extremely specific things are stated matter-of-factly.

1 The annual U.S.-SK war rehearsals are