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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

Harden, Blaine2015

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This title provides an ambitious and gripping exploration of the world's most secretive state through the intertwined lives of two North Koreans, one infamous, one obscure: Kim Il Sung, the former North Korean leader and No Kum Sok, once the state's youngest jet fighter pilot.

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Main 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.

Author:

Harden, Blaine, author

Work:

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

Imprint:

London : Mantle, 2015.

Collation:

290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9781447253341 (hbk)9781447253358 (ePub ebook)

Dewey class:

951.9'304'092951.9304

LC class:

DS934.6

Language:

English

Subject:

No, Kum-SokKim, Il-song, 1912-1994Korea (North) -- BiographyFighter pilots -- Korea (North) -- BiographyDefectors -- Korea (North) -- BiographyHeads of state -- Korea (North) -- BiographyKorea (North) -- History -- 1948-1994Korea (North) -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994BiographyBiography

BRN:

272553

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