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The Forgotten Political Elites of North Korea: Woe to the Vanquished
Paperback
Series: Routledge Research on Korea
General Political ScienceKorean HistoryKorean War
ISBN13: 9781032745459
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 28 2025
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.74
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
This book comprises the biographies of the North Korean politicians whose actions played a pivotal role in shaping the formation of the country during the late 1940s, the Korean War of 1950-53 and the power struggles of the mid-1950s.
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