List of Illustrations = ix AcknowIedgments = xi List of Abbreviations = xv Introduction = 1 1. Revolution on the Margins = 13 2. Liberation, Occupation, and the Emerging New Order = 38 3. Remakmg the People = 71 4. Coalition Politics and the United Front = 107 5. Planning the Economy = 136 6. Constructing Culture = 166 7. A Regime of Surveillance = 191 8. The People's State = 215 Conclusion = 240 Appendix A: A Note on Sources = 247 Appendix B: Statements of General Chistiakov on the Soviet Occupation of North Korea, Fall 1945 = 251 Selected Bibliography = 255 Index = 263.