King of Spies: The Dark Reign of America's Spymaster in Korea
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (502 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N3BWCN4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 447 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He was a national correspondent for The New York Times and has contributed to The Economist, PBS Frontline, Time, and Foreign Policy. He is the author of The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot; Escape From Camp 14, an international bestseller that has been published in 28 languages; A River Lost;
In this riveting book, Blaine Harden traces Nichols's unlikely rise and tragic ruin, from his birth in an operatically dysfunctional family in New Jersey to his sordid postwar decline, which began when the U.S. Immersed in a world of torture and beheadings, he became a spymaster with his own secret base, his own covert army, and his own rules. He recruited agents from refugee camps and prisons, sending many to their deaths on reckless missions. spies—Nichols was a 7th grade dropout—he quickly metamorphosed from army mechanic to black ops phenomenon. Nichols’s clandestine reign lasted for an astounding eleven years. But King of Spies is not just the story of one American spy: with napalmed villages and severed heads, high-level lies and long-running cover-ups, it reminds us that the darkest sins of the Vietnam War—and many other conflicts that followed—were first committed in Korea.. After just three months' training, he was sent to Korea, then a backwater beneath the radar of MacArthur's Pacific Command. military sacked him in Korea, sent him to an air force psych ward in Florida, and subjected him—against his will—to months of electroshock therapy. role in the Korean War, and its legacy. In 1946, master sergeant Donald Nichols was repairing jeeps on the sleepy island of Guam when he caught the eye of recruiters from the army's Counter Intelligence Corps. The New York Times bestselling autho
Blaine Harden's superb book throws open a long-ignored chapter in the Korean War; a compelling and disturbing read, not to be missed.” —David E. Hoffman, author of The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal “Blaine Harden has now produced a fascinating trilogy of stranger-than-fiction books about North Korea. Thrilling stuff." —The Washington Post"A riveting book that makes the history of North Korea accessible to the general reader."—Wall Street Journal"An eminently readable picture of our most under-remembered war." —The Daily BeastPraise for Escape From Camp 14:"Ha