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.
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Necessary background for our understadning of this mystic leader and the regime that he built...a major conribution to scholarship and essential reading for anyuone intersted in contemporary Korea.
(Journal of Asian Studies )Dae-Sook Suh... has to be commended for a thoroughly-researched study of the first North Korean president Il Sum King. Suh has produced a first rate historical study of the North Korean leader, his life and his politics.
(Korean Quarterly ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.About the Author
Dae-Sook Suh is the Director of the Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawaii.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Good for explainig North KOrea and understanding it.,
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This is essential for understanding North Korea and how it relates to the world of today. To undestand North Korea you must understand it's founder Kim Il Sung. The book goes on to show how he created a Stalinist State and huge army to insure it's survival. It talks about the many attempts on the lives of south korean presidents and his unpredictable nature that he passed on to his son and successor. Understandin Kin Il Sung will help the reader understand why Noth Korea is today run more like a cult than a country and why it is the most secretive country in the world today and a failed society.
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Advanced but Very Good,
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This book is advanced but very good. It is complicated at times but in the long run it is good for reports or projects. It is very interesting. Kim Il Sungs career is much more interesting than Lenin's or Stalins. Very Good!
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Very helpful book if visiting North Korea,
By Richard H Barnes (Perth United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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In 2001 I visited North Korea and found this book very helpful because our guides would only give us the official version of their history. The book is packed full of information and the only one I have found that explains how Kim Il Sung gained and kept power. Dae-Sook Sue has put a great deal of reseach into the book and let's hope he writes another book on North Korea covering Kim Jong Il present reign and the future of the country. There is no other county like North Korea so I recommend reading the book then visiting the country.
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An official account of Kim's early life appeared for the first time during the Korean War, seven years his return to Korea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rül wihayö, yön gam, great suryóng, party bylaws, joint plenum, fatherland liberation war, confederal republic, partisan generals, shift from party, fraternal socialist countries, fifteenth plenum, enlarged plenum, socialist patriotism, first party conference, partisan comrades, guerrilla days, partisan days, eighth plenum, national nihilism, revolutionary museum, united army, provincial party committee, nonaligned nations, second party congress, branch bureau Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, North Korean, South Korean, Korean War, United States, Supreme People's Assembly, Kim Jong, Political Committee, Korean Communist Party, Kim Tu-bong, United Nations, Korean People's Army, Party of Korea, Standing Committee, Colonel Ignatiev, First Route Army, Second Army, Kim Ch'aek, Chinese Communists, Central People's Committee, New Democratic Party, Red Guards, Ch'oe Ch'ang-ik, Third Party Congress, Zhou Baozhong New!
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An official account of Kim's early life appeared for the first time during the Korean War, seven years his return to Korea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rül wihayö, yön gam, great suryóng, party bylaws, joint plenum, fatherland liberation war, confederal republic, partisan generals, shift from party, fraternal socialist countries, fifteenth plenum, enlarged plenum, socialist patriotism, first party conference, partisan comrades, guerrilla days, partisan days, eighth plenum, national nihilism, revolutionary museum, united army, provincial party committee, nonaligned nations, second party congress, branch bureau Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, North Korean, South Korean, Korean War, United States, Supreme People's Assembly, Kim Jong, Political Committee, Korean Communist Party, Kim Tu-bong, United Nations, Korean People's Army, Party of Korea, Standing Committee, Colonel Ignatiev, First Route Army, Second Army, Kim Ch'aek, Chinese Communists, Central People's Committee, New Democratic Party, Red Guards, Ch'oe Ch'ang-ik, Third Party Congress, Zhou Baozhong New!
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- Origins of the Korean War, Vol. 2 by Bruce Cumings in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Foreign Policy Systems of North and South Korea by Byung Chul Koh in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Biographical Dictionary of Republican China by Howard L. Boorman on page 21, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- North Korea and the Bomb: A Case Study in Nonproliferation by Michael J. Mazarr on page 22, Back Matter, and Index
- The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History (Revised and Updated Edition) by Don Oberdorfer on page 21, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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