Preface = vii
Acknowledgments = xiii
Note on Romanization = xv Introdution = 1
1 North Korea and its Leadership in the Mid-1950s = 7
2 The Soviet Faction under Attack = 26
3 The Third KWP Congress = 60
4 The Conspiracy = 73
5 The "August Group" before August = 93
6 The August Plenum = 121
7 The Soviet-Chinese Delegation and the September Plenum = 136
8 The Purges = 143
9 North Korea Changes Course = 175
10 The inception of the "Guerrilla State" = 202
Conclusion: Why the "August Group" Failed = 211
Note = 225
Bibliogaphy = 257
Index = 267.
Acknowledgments = xiii
Note on Romanization = xv Introdution = 1
1 North Korea and its Leadership in the Mid-1950s = 7
2 The Soviet Faction under Attack = 26
3 The Third KWP Congress = 60
4 The Conspiracy = 73
5 The "August Group" before August = 93
6 The August Plenum = 121
7 The Soviet-Chinese Delegation and the September Plenum = 136
8 The Purges = 143
9 North Korea Changes Course = 175
10 The inception of the "Guerrilla State" = 202
Conclusion: Why the "August Group" Failed = 211
Note = 225
Bibliogaphy = 257
Index = 267.