The North Korean revolution, 1945-1950
By: Charles K. Armstrong
Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Revolutions -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century; Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
Description: "North Korea, despite a shattered economy and a populace suffering from widespread hunger, has outlived repeated forecasts of its imminent demise. Charles K. Armstrong contends that a major source of North Korea's strength and resiliency, as well as of its flaws and shortcomings, lies in the poorly understood origins of its system of government.

He examines the genesis of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) both as an important yet rarely studied example of a communist state and as part of modern Korean history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-261) and index
Table of contents: title: 1. Revolution on the margins; title: 2. Liberation, occupation, and the emerging new order; title: 3. Remaking the people; title: 4. Coalition politics and the united front; title: 5. Planning the economy; title: 6. Constructing culture; title: 7. A regime of surveillance; title: 8. The people's state