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v Contents Preface vii Acknowledgments xiii Note on Romanization xv Introduction 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 Notes 225 Bibliography 257 Index 267 ...

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