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|aThe great leader and the fighter pilot :|ba true story aboutthe birth of tyranny in North Korea /|cBlaine Harden
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|aNew York :|bPenguin Books,|c2016, c2015
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|aix, 290 p., [16] p. of plates :|bill., maps, ports. ;|c22 cm
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|a"First published in the United States of America by Viking
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 249-282) and index
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|aBiography: historical, political & military. Blaine Harden, "New York Times" bestselling author of"Escape From Camp 14,"tells the riveting story of Kim Il Sung s rise to power and theyoung North Korean fighter pilot who dared to defy him In theaftermath of World War II, Kim Il Sung plunged North Korea intowar against the United States while the youngest fighter pilot inhis air force was playing a high-risk game of deception andescape. As Kim ascended from Soviet puppet to godlike ruler, NoKum Sok pretended to love his Great Leader. That is, until heswiped a Soviet MiG-15 and delivered it to the Americans, notknowing they were offering a |100,000 bounty for the warplane(the equivalent of nearly one million dollars today). The theftjust weeks after the Korean War ended in July 1953 electrified the world and incited Kim s bloody vengeance
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