North Korea: Beyond Charismatic Politics

by Byung-Ho Chung and Heonik Kwon

This timely, pathbreaking study of North Korea's political history and culture sheds invaluable light on the country's unique leadership continuity and succession. Leading scholars Heonik Kwon and Byung-Ho Chung begin by tracing Kim Il Sung's rise to power during the Cold War. They show how his successor, his eldest son, Kim Jong Il, sponsored the production of revolutionary art to unleash a public political culture that would consolidate Kim's charismatic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742556794
• ISBN13: 9780742556799
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"