As Lankov's Rhetoric In The Real North Korean War

Albert Einstein once said, “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” Seven years before Einstein’s death, Kim Il-Sung founded North Korea on September 9th, 1948. To this day, North Korea is steadfast in the threat of a nuclear war that could be the start of World War Three. If you were to ask anyone inside of North Korea if they felt safe, even with the lingering threat of being the start of the next world war, they would simply tell you they are thankful for their supreme leader. Their leader, who represents the third generation of a ruling dynasty, instills command and fear through rhetoric. What is rhetoric really though? Rhetoric is a way for someone to perverse an argument to ensure it to be in their favor. Throughout this essay will be a brief overview

In the first pages of his book, Lankov speaks of how the Soviet Union overcame the North of Korea and settled on dividing Korea at the 38th Parallel. Kim Il-Sung, a young military captain, “was an idealist, a fighter for (and believer in) a Great Cause—in this case, Communism.” (Lankov, 7). Elected for unknown reasons to act as a Korean Communist Liaison for Moscow, Kim Il-Sung eventually began to act upon his own accord. Incidentally, the strangest thing I find in learning and divulging into the history, politics, and North Korean Elite, is just how much they idolize their Supreme Leader. The Kim dynasty is not mediocre, uneducated, or ignorant as one may be led to believe. In order to make it as far as they have, Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong-Il, and now Kim Jong-Un had to have a few things in common. A slightly above average intelligence, a calculated mindset, and the willingness to do what it takes to get things done are just a few distinguished