Kim Il Sung : : The North Korean Leader / / Dae-Sook Suh.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Suh, Dae-Sook,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1988]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 1988
• Language: English
• Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Preface to the Paperback Edition --; Preface --; Part I: Young Kim and the United Army --; 1. Background --; 2. Kim and the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army --; 3. Guerrilla Accomplishments --; Part II: Consolidation of Political Power --; 4. The Soviet Occupation of North Korea --; 5. The Workers' Party of Korea --; 6. The Republic and the Army --; Part III. Challenges to Kim's Leadership --; 7. The Korean War and Kim's Rivals --; 8. After the War --; Part IV. Search for Korean Identity --; 9. Mobilization Campaigns --; 10. The Sino-Soviet Dispute and Kim Il Sung --; Part V. Problems in Kim's Independence --; 11. The Rise of the Military --; 12. The South Korean Revolution --; 13. Disintegration of the Partisan Group --; Part VI. North Korea under Kim --; 14. South Korea and the Third World --; 15. The Shift from Party to State --; 16. Semiretirement in the New Era --; Part VII. Chuch'e and the Republic --; 17. On Kim's Political Thought --; 18. The Republic by Kim --; Appendix 1. Partisans of the United Army in North Korean Politics --; Appendix 2. Partisans of the United Army Not in North Korean Politics --; Appendix 3. Partisans Who Died Before the Liberation of Korea --; Appendix 4. Chronology of Kim II Sung --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; The East Asian Institute of Columbia University
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231885195; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/suh-91732
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Dae-Sook Suh.

A biography of Kim Il Sung, the leader of North Korea for over 40 years, that attempts to separate fact from fiction and exaggeration, and to present a critical analysis of his life and politics.