Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader
Subtitle: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: January 10, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 896
ISBN-13: 9780312323226
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Political leaders & leadership; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History; Politics / Current Events; History: World; North Korea; Asia - Korea; Government - International; Political History; History / Asia; Asia - General; 1912-; 1942-; Biography; Heads of state; Kim, Chæong-il,; Kim, Il-sæong,; Korea (North)
First sentence: Reading about the personality cult of the North Korean leader had not fully prepared me for what I found when I arrived in Pyongyang in April 1979, as a member of the first large contingent of Americans to visit since the Korean War.