From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: The Formation of North Korea, 1945-1960

From Stalin to Kim Il Sung: The Formation of North Korea, 1945-1960
ISBN-10
0813531179
ISBN-13
9780813531175
Category
History
Pages
202
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Author
Andreĭ Nikolaevich Lanʹkov

Description

"Andrei Lankov traces the formation of the North Korean state and the early years of Kim Il Sung's rule, when the future G̀reat Leader' and his entourage were consolidating their power base. Surveying the situation in North Korea after 1945, Lankov explores the internal composition of the ruling elite, the role of the Soviets, and the uneasy relations between various political groups.

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