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Crisis in North Korea: The Failure of De-Stalinization, 1956 (Hawai'i Studies on Korea (Paperback))
Andrei N Lankov
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Description for Crisis in North Korea: The Failure of De-Stalinization, 1956 (Hawai'i Studies on Korea (Paperback))
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJPG; HBJF; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
North Korea remains the most mysterious of all Communist countries. The acute shortage of available sources has made it a difficult subject of scholarship. Through his access to Soviet archival material made available only a decade ago, contemporary North Korean press accounts, and personal interviews, Andrei Lankov presents for the first time a detailed look at one of the turning points in North Korean history: the country’s unsuccessful attempts to de-Stalinize in the mid-1950s. He demonstrates that, contrary to common perception, North Korea was not a realm of undisturbed Stalinism; Kim Il Sung had to deal with a reformist opposition ... Read more
North Korea remains the most mysterious of all Communist countries. The acute shortage of available sources has made it a difficult subject of scholarship. Through his access to Soviet archival material made available only a decade ago, contemporary North Korean press accounts, and personal interviews, Andrei Lankov presents for the first time a detailed look at one of the turning points in North Korean history: the country’s unsuccessful attempts to de-Stalinize in the mid-1950s. He demonstrates that, contrary to common perception, North Korea was not a realm of undisturbed Stalinism; Kim Il Sung had to deal with a reformist opposition ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824832070
SKU
V9780824832070
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About Andrei N Lankov
Andrei N. Lankov is professor in the Department of Social Studies at the Kookmin University, Seoul.
Reviews for Crisis in North Korea: The Failure of De-Stalinization, 1956 (Hawai'i Studies on Korea (Paperback))
In this important new book, the Russian-trained scholar Andrei Lankov examines the critical historical period, the mid-1950s, when the shape of the North Korean political system was formed. This book is important for two reasons—because it is the first thorough discussion of the events leading up to the effective removal of any opposition to the Kim Il Sung group, and ... Read more