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.
TITLE:
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.
By:
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
New York : Viking,
Physical Description:
x, 290 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282) and index.
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 States while the youngest fighter pilot in his air force was playing a high-risk game of deception--and escape.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780670016570
