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Operation Broken Reed : Truman's secret North Korean spy mission that averted World War III /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyd, Arthur L., 1928-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Secret service > United States.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Personal narratives, American.
Boyd, Arthur L., > 1928-
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The ledge
  • Texas, the United States, 1950
  • Kaufbauren, Germany, 1951
  • Heidelberg, Germany, August 1951
  • From Germany to Japan
  • Camp Drake, Japan
  • Mission staging
  • Rehearsal
  • From Japan to North Korea
  • Behind enemy lines
  • A brush with death
  • Danger intensifies
  • A botched rescue attempt
  • The end in sight
  • Disaster
  • Escape to the sea
  • Death of a patrol
  • A night in hell
  • The ledge
  • Safe at last
  • Debriefing
  • Epilogue
  • Afterword: the Korean military intelligence war / Jay T. Young.