Kim Il Sung - The North Korean Leader

Informationen zum Autor Dae-Sook Suh Klappentext This book is especially important now with Kim Il Sung's death! the ending of the nuclear crisis between North Korea and the United States! and the obscured emergence of a successor regime ostensibly headed by Kim Il Jong! Sung's son. Suh's book investigates the impact of Kim Il Sung on the history and politics of North Korea and what his death will mean for the future of the country and its relations with the rest of the world. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the impact of Kim Il Sung on the history and politics of North Korea and what his death means for the future of the country and its relations with the rest of the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Paperback EditionPrefaceAcknowledgementsPart I: Young Kim and the United Army1. Background2. Kim and the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army3. Guerrilla AccomplishmentsPart II: Consolidation of Political Power4. The Soviet Occupation of North Korea5. The Workers' Party of Korea6. The Republic and the ArmyPart III: Challenges to Kim's Leadership7. The Korean War and Kim's Rivals8. After the WarPart IV: Search for Korean Identity9. Mobilization Campaigns10. The Sino-Soviet Dispute and Kim Il SungPart V: Problems in Kim's Independence11. The Rise of the Military12. The South Korean Revolution13. Disintegration of the Partisan GroupPart VI: North Korea Under Kim14. South Korea and the Third World15. The Shift from Party to State16. Semiretirement in the New EraPart VII: Church'e and the Republic17. On Kim's Political Thought18. The Republic by KimAppendix 1. Partisans of the United Army in North Korean PoliticsAppendix 2. Partisans of the United Army Not in North Korean PoliticsAppendix 3. Partisans Who Died Before the Liberation of KoreaAppendix 4: Chronology of Kim Il SungNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Dae Suk Suh, Dae-Sook Suh
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.1995
• EAN: 9780231065733
• ISBN: 978-0-231-06573-3
• No. of pages: 443
• Series: Studies of the Weatherhead Eas; Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education