Soviet-North Korean Relations During the Cold War - Unruly Offspring

This book explores Soviet-North Korean relations during the Cold War (1945-1991).

List of contents

1. The Beginning: Captain Kim Il-sung of the Red Army 2. The Week That Reshaped East Asia: The Soviet-Japanese War of 1945 3. The Soviet Governors of North Korea: Ivan Chistyakov and Terentiy Shtykov 4. Kim Il-sung's Rise to Power: How a Junior Officer Ended Up Leading a Nation 5. The North Korean Flag and Other Symbols: Made in the USSR 6. The Korean People's Army: Forged in the Soviet Image 7. The Korean War Through the Eyes of Pyongyang 8. The Famine of 1954-55: a Forgotten Tragedy 9. The Last Days of Summer: The Story of the August Plenum 10. Kim Il-sung's Road to an Independent Autocracy 11. Stalinism and Kimilsungism: A Comparison 12. Playing Scylla and Charybdis: North Korea and the Sino-Soviet Split 13. Why North Korean Propaganda Was Immensely Popular in the USSR 14. The Father State Dies: North Korea and the End of the Soviet Union

About the author

Fyodor Tertitskiy is Leading Researcher at the Institute for Korean Studies at Kookmin University, South Korea. He studies North Korean military, social and political history and is the author of The North Korean Army: History, Structure, Daily Life (2022) and two Korean-language books on Kim Il-sung and his era.

Summary

This book explores Soviet-North Korean relations during the Cold War (1945-1991).

Product details

• Authors: Fyodor Tertitskiy
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032537313
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3253731-3
• No. of pages: 154
• Series: Routledge Research on Korea
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / World, military history, HISTORY / Asia / Korea, General & world history, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Asian History, General and world history, Warfare and defence, History and Archaeology, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Korean War, HISTORY / Russia / General