The North Korean revolution, 1945-1950 / Charles K. Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, Charles K.

Series:

Studies of the East Asian Institute

Studies of the East Asian Institute.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions--Korea (North)--History--20th century.

Revolutions.

History.

Korea (North)--History--20th century.

Korea (North).

Korea (North)--Politics and government.

Local Subjects:

Korea (North)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xv, 265 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2003.

Summary:

North Korea, despite a shattered economy and a populace suffering from widespread hunger, has outlived repeated forecasts of its imminent demise. Charles K. Armstrong contends that a major source of North Korea's strength and resiliency, as well as of its flaws and shortcomings, lies in the poorly understood origins of its system of government. Armstrong's account is based on long-classified documents captured by U.S. forces during the Korean War. Thus enormous archive of over 1.6 million pages provides unprecedented insight into the making of the Pyongyang regime and fuels the author's argument that the North Korean state is likely to remain viable for some years to come.

Contents:

1. Revolution on the margins

2. Liberation, occupation, and the emerging new order

3. Remaking the people

4. Coalition politics and the united front

5. Planning the economy

6. Constructing culture

7. A regime of surveillance

8. The people's state.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-261) and index.

ISBN:

0801440149

OCLC:

49891551