Kim Il Sung in the Khrushchev era : Soviet-DPRK relations and the roots of North Korean despotism, 1953-1964 / Balázs Szalontai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szalontai, Balázs.

Series:

Cold War International History Project series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Korea (North)--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

Korea (North).

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--Korea (North).

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1953-1975.

Korea (North)--Foreign relations--Communist countries.

Communist countries--Foreign relations--Korea (North).

Communist countries.

Kim, Il-sŏng, 1912-1994.

Kim, Il-sŏng.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 343 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2005]

Summary:

Concentrating on the years 1953-64, this history describes how North Korea became more despotic even as other Communist countries underwent de-Stalinization.

Contents:

1 Historical Background 1

2 Arisen from Ashes 35

3 Crisis and Confrontation 62

4 A Challenge to the Leader 85

5 Ch'ollima and Repression 113

6 Breezes of Reform 136

7 Defying the Kremlin 174

8 The Matrix of North Korean Despotism 210.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-332) and index.

ISBN:

0804753229

OCLC:

59098887