Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University)

This 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. Dae-Sook Suh Preface to the Paperback Edition Preface Acknowledgements 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: Church'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 Il Sung Notes Bibliography Index