Kim Il Sung: The North Korean LeaderThis 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. |
Contents
YOUNG KIM AND THE UNITED ARMY | 1 |
Background | 3 |
Kim and the Northeast AntiJapanese United Army | 15 |
Guerrilla Accomplishments | 30 |
CONSOLIDATION OF POLITICAL POWER | 55 |
The Soviet Occupation of North Korea | 59 |
The Workers Party of Korea | 74 |
The Republic and the Army | 95 |
Disintegration of the Partisan Group | 238 |
NORTH KOREA UNDER KIM | 249 |
South Korea and the Third World | 253 |
The Shift from Party to State | 269 |
Semiretirement in the New Era | 287 |
CHUCHE AND THE REPUBLIC | 299 |
On Kims Political Thought | 301 |
The Republic by Kim | 314 |
CHALLENGES TO KIMS LEADERSHIP | 107 |
The Korean War and Kims Rivals | 111 |
After the War | 137 |
SEARCH FOR KOREAN IDENTITY | 159 |
Mobilization Campaigns | 163 |
The SinoSoviet Dispute and Kim II Sung | 176 |
PROBLEMS IN KIMS INDEPENDENCE | 209 |
The Rise of the Military | 211 |
The South Korean Revolution | 224 |
Partisans of the United Army in North Korean Politics | 325 |
Partisans of the United Army Not in North Korean Politics | 329 |
Partisans Who Died Before the Liberation of Korea | 330 |
Chronology of Kim II Sung | 333 |
Notes | 339 |
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