TY - BOOK AU - Suh,Dae-Sook TI - Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader T2 - Studies of the East Asian Institute SN - 9780231917322 PY - 1988///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/suh-91732 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231885195.jpg ER -