The great leader and the fighter pilot : the true story of the tyrant who created North Korea and the young lieutenant who stole his way to freedom
(Book - Hardback)
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Published
New York, New York : Viking, 2015.
Physical Desc
x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Medford Library Branch
920 HAR 2015
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920 HAR 2015
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Defectors -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Dictators -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Escapes -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Fighter pilots -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Kim, Il-sŏng, -- 1912-1994.
Korea (North) -- History -- 1948-1994 -- Biography.
Korea (North) -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994.
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Biography.
No, Kum-Sok.
Theft -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Dictators -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Escapes -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Fighter pilots -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Kim, Il-sŏng, -- 1912-1994.
Korea (North) -- History -- 1948-1994 -- Biography.
Korea (North) -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994.
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Biography.
No, Kum-Sok.
Theft -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Other Subjects
Air pilots -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Defectors -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Dictators -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Escapes -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Kim, Il-sŏng, -- 1912-1994.
Korea (North) -- History -- Biography.
Korea (North) -- Politics and government.
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Biography.
No, Kum-Sok.
Theft -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Defectors -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Dictators -- Korea (North) -- Biography.
Escapes -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Kim, Il-sŏng, -- 1912-1994.
Korea (North) -- History -- Biography.
Korea (North) -- Politics and government.
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Biography.
No, Kum-Sok.
Theft -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
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Published
New York, New York : Viking, 2015.
Format
Book - Hardback
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-282) and index.
Citation/References
Booklist,,February 01, 2015
Citation/References
Kirkus Reviews,,January 01, 2015
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Library Journal,,April 01, 2015
Citation/References
Publishers Weekly,,February 02, 2015
Description
"From the bestselling author of Escape from Camp 14, the murderous rise of North Korea's founding dictator and the fighter pilot who faked him out In The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot, New York Times bestselling author Blaine Harden tells the riveting story of how Kim Il Sung grabbed power and plunged his country into war against the United States while the youngest fighter pilot in his air force was playing a high-risk game of deception--and escape. As Kim ascended from Soviet puppet to godlike ruler, No Kum Sok noisily pretended to love his Great Leader. That is, until he swiped a Soviet MiG-15 and delivered it to the Americans, not knowing they were offering a $100,000 bounty for the warplane (the equivalent of nearly one million dollars today). The theft--just weeks after the Korean War ended in July 1953--electrified the world and incited Kim's bloody vengeance. During the Korean War the United States brutally carpet bombed the North, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians and giving the Kim dynasty, as Harden reveals, the fact-based narrative it would use to this day to sell paranoia and hatred of Americans. Drawing on documents from Chinese and Russian archives about the role of Mao and Stalin in Kim's shadowy rise, as well as from never-before-released U.S. intelligence and interrogation files, Harden gives us a heart-pounding escape adventure and an entirely new way to understand the world's longest-lasting totalitarian state"--,Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Harden, B. (2015). The great leader and the fighter pilot: the true story of the tyrant who created North Korea and the young lieutenant who stole his way to freedom . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harden, Blaine. 2015. The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and the Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Harden, Blaine. The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and the Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom Viking, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Harden, Blaine. The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and the Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom Viking, 2015.
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