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The Great Leader & The Fighter Pilot

Author and journalist Blaine Harden discusses his new book, 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, with Kenneth Rowe (No Kum Sok), the former fighter pilot in the North Korean Air Force who defected to South Korea in his MiG-15 in 1953. The book interweaves Rowe’s story with that of Kim Il-Sung’s rise to power during the Korean War.

The book will be available for sale and a reception, and book signing will follow.

 











When: Wed., Mar. 18, 2015 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: The Korea Society
950 Third Ave.
212-759-7525
Price: $20
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Author and journalist Blaine Harden discusses his new book, 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, with Kenneth Rowe (No Kum Sok), the former fighter pilot in the North Korean Air Force who defected to South Korea in his MiG-15 in 1953. The book interweaves Rowe’s story with that of Kim Il-Sung’s rise to power during the Korean War.

The book will be available for sale and a reception, and book signing will follow.

 

Buy tickets/get more info now