Kim Il Sung: The North Korean Leader

by Dae-Sook Suh

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231065736
• ISBN13: 9780231065733
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 443 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher