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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Harden, Blaine.     Subjects     Nichols, Donald, 1923-1992.     Rhee, Syngman, 1875-1965 -- Friends and associates.     Espionage, American -- Korea -- History -- 20th century     Spies -- United States -- Biography     Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Secret service -- United States.     Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Atrocities.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Harden, Blaine.       by title:      King of spies : the ...       by call number:      327.12092 N617h     Search the Web     Harden, Blaine.     Nichols, Donald, 1923-1992.     Rhee, Syngman, 1875-1965 -- Friends and associates.     Espionage, American -- Korea -- History -- 20th century     Spies -- United States -- Biography     Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Secret service -- United States.     Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Atrocities.       MARC Display

King of spies : the dark reign of America's spymaster in Korea / Blaine Harden. by Harden, Blaine. Viking, 2017. Call #: 327.12092 N617h Subjects Nichols, Donald, 1923-1992.   Rhee, Syngman, 1875-1965 -- Friends and associates.   Espionage, American -- Korea -- History -- 20th century   Spies -- United States -- Biography   Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Secret service -- United States.   Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Atrocities. ISBN:  9780525429937 (hc.) Description:  viii, 260 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "The author of Escape from Camp 14 returns with the story of one of the most powerful spies in American history, shedding new light on the U.S. role in the Korean War. In 1946, master sergeant Donald Nichols was stationed on the sleepy island of Guam when he caught the eye of recruiters from the Army's Counter Intelligence Corps. After just three months' training, he was sent to Korea, then a backwater largely beneath the radar of MacArthur's Pacific Command. Though he lacked the education and pedigree of most spies, Nichols quickly metamorphosed from army mechanic to black ops phenomenon. He insinuated himself into the affections of South Korea's first president, Syngman Rhee, and became a key player in the American war effort, warning months in advance about the North Korean invasion, breaking enemy codes, and identifying most of the bombing targets used throughout the war. But Nichols's accomplishments had a dark side: he ran his own base and played by his own rules. He recruited agents from refugee camps and prisons, sending many to their deaths on reckless missions. And his proximity to Rhee meant that he witnessed - and did nothing to stop - the slaughter of thousands of South Korean civilians in anticommunist purges. Nichols's clandestine reign lasted for an astounding eleven years. 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. 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"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Biography 327.12092 N617h Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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