The North Korean Army

This book focuses on the Korean People's Army (KPA) - the armed forces of North Korea - covering its history, structural organisation and lives of the soldiers and officers within its ranks.

Autorentext

Fyodor Tertitskiy is Leading Researcher at the Institute for Korean Studies at Kookmin University, South Korea. He studies North Korean military, social and political history and is the author of the Korean-language book "North Korea before Kim Il-s ng" (2018).

Klappentext

This book focuses on the Korean People's Army (KPA) - the armed forces of North Korea - covering its history, structural organisation and lives of the soldiers and officers within its ranks.

Inhalt

1. The army of the Korean War 2. The post-war KPA 3. Structure of the KPA 4. Life of soldiers in the KPA 5. Life of officers in the KPA