Read Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty Online
Authors: Bradley K. Martin
Tags: #History, #Asia, #Korea
as Communist Party northern branch chair,
56
communist youth group co-founding by,
27
company man, as consummate,
49
cost-accounting system of,
180
death,
505–507
apoplexy as rumored cause of,
506–507
Down with Imperialism Union and,
21
on education,
157
gifts to,
275
as model for North Koreans,
88
tactics, used in Korean War,
76
harem.
See
Mansions Special Volunteer Corps
health,
48–49
tumor,
3
hunting and fishing trips of,
8
imprisonment of,
27–28
as Interim People’s Committee chair,
54
Japan and,
19
, 24 (
see also
Kim Il-sung: guerrilla struggle of)
Japanese language and,
19
Das Kapital
(Karl Marx) and,
22–23
Korean People’s Republic opposed by,
55–56
Korean War role,
62–92
Korean War state of mind,
82–83
looks of,
188
Manchuria, family’s move to,
16
mourning for,
506–508
nepotism of,
189–194
offspring of, unacknowledged,
188
,
192
,
279
,
371–372
,
448
,
690
,
699
1,000–
ri
journey for learning,
18
Christianity, as model for,
12
Confucianism, as antecedent of,
8
emperor worship, as antecedent,
8
foreigners’ role in promoting,
7
legends, officially propagated,
2
monuments, festivals as economic drag,
183
music in,
4
nationalism, promoted by,
108
nom de guerre in,
29–30
partisan support for,
96
praise requested of visitors,
111
questioned, after Khrushchev criticized Stalin’s cult,
106
sincerity of believers in,
4
.
see also
indoctrination: true believers,
altruists, fanatics
slogan trees,
389–390
symbols in,
7
Washington, George, mythology compared,
11
political skill of,
95
as polymath,
2
as post-liberation leader in North,
51–68
premier of DPRK,
62
president of DPRK,
155
in perpetuity, following death,
552
promotion of, in
New York Times
ads,
138
reward, offered for capture of,
44
Robin Hood, portrayal as,
41
semi-retirement,
339
showman’s sense of,
93
socialism of,
20
souls of dead, belief in propitiating,
27
South Korean accounts of,
29–30
as Soviet Army officer,
47–51
Soviet Union
Stalin, appeals to, for invasion support,
63–68
succession plans and struggles,
192–196
trusteeship favored by,
55–56
uncaring vs. unknowing, re: extent of
people’s problems,
499–500
underlings blamed for failures of,
94
vengefulness,
109
women
and emancipation of,
117
Kimilsungism,
237
Kim Il-sung University,
8
,
58
,
169–170
,
217
,
263
,
377
,
384
,
471
,
610–611
.
see also
Kim Jong-il: childhood and youth: university studies
Kim Jae-ik (South Korean economic planner),
323
Kim Ji-il (overseas student; defector),
273
,
316
,
398–401
Kim Jong-chol (Kim Jong-il’s middle son),
689
,
700
Kim Jong-il
alcohol,
284
assassination attempts, reported,
279–280
authoritarian nature,
521
behavior before and after Kim Il-sung’s death,
506–508
birthdays,
328