Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third World

by Benjamin R. Young

Book Overview

Far from always having been an isolated nation and a pariah state in the international community, North Korea exercised significant influence among Third World nations during the Cold War era. With one foot in the socialist Second World and the other in the anticolonial Third World, North Korea occupied a unique position as both a postcolonial nation and a Soviet client state, and sent advisors to assist African liberation movements, trained anti-imperialist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503627632
• ISBN13: 9781503627635
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"