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A New York Times bestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean political prison to have escaped and survived. Blaine Harden's latest book, King of Spies, will be available from Viking in Fall 2017. North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent...

I 1950 kastede den unge nordkoreanske leder Kim Il-Sung sit land ud i krig mod Sydkorea. Han forventede et hurtigt felttog og en genforening af landet under kommunistisk styre, men Koreakrigen blev i stedet en blodig og resultatløs styrkeprøve mellem USA og Sovjetunionen med millioner af døde til følge. Mens Kim Il-Sung ledte landet i krig, tog den unge nordkoreaner No Kum Sok en dristig beslutning: Han ville spille glødende kommunistisk idealist, mens han i hemmelighed planlagde sin flugt ud af landet.

In The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot, New York Times best-selling 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.

Finalist for the 2022 Will Rogers Medallion Award “Terrific.” –Timothy Egan, The New York Times “A riveting investigation of both American myth-making and the real history that lies beneath.” –Claudio Saunt, author of Unworthy Republic From the New York Times bestselling author of...