A review by theonlystefania
The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea by Charles Robert Jenkins

5.0

A conversational account of Jenkins's story as a US Army deserter, this book provides a glimpse into life in North Korea. Jenkins does a good job of explaining his crazy-to-others plan to desert. I would have liked to see Jenkins address the psychological effects of living in a closed society like North Korea and how someone can overcome that in their daily existence. Emotional and engrossing, I recommend it to anyone interested in North Korea, stories of survival, and the triumph of human spirit.