The great leader and the fighter pilot : the true story of the tyrant who created North Korea and th...
The great leader and the fighter pilot : the true story of the tyrant who created North Korea and th...
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 / Blaine Harden.
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Publisher
New York, New York : Viking, 2015.
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G 2016/930
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
x, 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Players and Game -- Part I: Guerrilla and Rich Boy -- Beginnings -- Poodle and Pretender -- Sweet-Talking Stalin -- Part II: War -- Great Liberation Struggle -- Kicked in the Teeth -- MiGs -- Return to North Korea -- An International Sporting Event -- Attack Maps and Defection Bribes -...
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Publisher
New York, New York : Viking, 2015.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
"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 St...
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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 / Blaine Harden.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index.
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G 2016/930
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74VKzg5jb8kO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzg5jb8kO
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ISBN
9780670016570 hardcover
0670016578 hardcover
DDC
951.904248092 B
MMS ID
991023511029702626
