The book contains 56 famous works including historic talks, speeches and letters made public by Kim Jong Il from August Juche 87 (1998) to March Juche 88 (1999).

He clarified the principled issues arising in building a powerful socialist country in such celebrated works as "Let Us Make This Year One in Which a Major Advance Is Made in the Building of a Great, Prosperous and Powerful Country".

There are several works that deal with the tasks for strengthening the People's Army, reliably guaranteeing the cause of building a powerful socialist country by armed forces, rounding off the combat preparations and bringing about a decisive turn in the life of soldiers.

In his works he indicated the tasks and ways for training the members of the Workers' Party of Korea and other working people to be staunch vanguard fighters of the class by intensifying anti-U.S. education and class education.

The book also contains other classic works giving clear-cut answers to the theoretical and practical issues arising in various fields of the revolution and construction, including the issue of conducting the land realignment in a bold and big way, the issue of increasing electricity production by speeding up the construction of power stations in Kangwon Province and the issue of boosting the iron and steel output by boosting the metallurgical factories in North Hamgyong Province.