Table of Contents

North Korea in 1945-48 - the Soviet occupation and the birth of the state; Kim Il Song - an attempt at a biography; Factionalism in the North Korean leadership in the 1940s and 1950s; the emergence of the Soviet faction in the DPRK, 1945-1955; Ho Ka-I - a forgotten founding father of the KWP; the August challenge.

About the Author

Andrei Lankov is a Research Fellow at the China and Korea Centre, ANU.