Crisis in North Korea - The Failure of De-Stalinization, 1956

Klappentext Andrei Lankov presents a detailed look at one of the turning points in North Korean history: the country's unsuccessful attempts to de-Stalinize in the mid-1950s. He demonstrates that North Korea was not a realm of undisturbed Stalinism; Kim Il Sung had to deal with a reformist opposition that was weak but present nevertheless. Zusammenfassung Andrei Lankov presents a detailed look at one of the turning points in North Korean history: the country's unsuccessful attempts to de-Stalinize in the mid-1950s. He demonstrates that North Korea was not a realm of undisturbed Stalinism; Kim Il Sung had to deal with a reformist opposition that was weak but present nevertheless.

Product details

• Authors: Andrei Lankov, Andrei N. Lankov
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780824832070
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3207-0
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Hawai'i Studies on Korea (Pape; Hawai'i Studies on Korea; Hawai'i Studies on Korea (Pape
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous