Youngjun Kim

Origins of the North Korean Garrison State (eBook, ePUB)

The People's Army and the Korean War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the development of the North Korean People's Army (NKPA) from 1945 to 1953 and shows how Kim Il Sung built a successful fighting force and, from it, created the bulwark of his authoritarian state.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317375692
• Artikelnr.: 49040858

Autorenporträt

Youngjun Kim is Professor of National Security at the Korea National Defense University and has a PhD in History from the University of Kansas, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: The Korean People's Army and the North Korean Garrison State
PART 1: Origins of the Korean People's Army
1. Introduction: The Korean People's Army's Invasion of South
2. Three Core Groups of the Korean People's Army
3. The Origins of the Korean People's Army: Kim Il Sung's Vision for the
Korean People's Army
4. The Origins of the Korean People's Army: The Soviet Union in the North
Korean Society
5. The Origins of the Korean People's Army: The Formation of the Korean
People's Army and Initiator Kim Il Sung
6. The Origins of the Korean People's Army: China
PART 2: The Korean People's Army at War and the Legacy of the Korean War
7. The Leadership of the Korean People's Army: The Party-Military Relations
and Generalship of the Korean People's Army
8. The Korean People's Army's Performance and the Legacy of the War: The
Rise and Fall of the Korean People's Army and the Making of the Garrison
State
Conclusion: The Making of the Garrison State