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INDEX
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Abner, Alan K., 153
Acheson, Dean, 55
air war, 66–67, 79, 100–104, 116, 127–33, 142
final months of, 154–59
Kim’s requests for Soviet help, 75–76, 94, 136–38
No’s combat experiences, 9–10, 112–14, 116–17, 121–24, 126–27, 129–31, 136, 140
Soviet role in, 94, 96–97, 102, 127–29
training of North Korean pilots, 92–94, 106, 107–10, 123, 141–44
U.S. attacks outside North Korea, 84, 130–33, 135, 156, 190, 196, 198, 200–201
U.S. jets and pilots in, 113–16, 133–36, 141–42, 152, 153–54
weaknesses of North Korean training and equipment, 106, 107–8, 110, 116–17, 123, 129, 206
See also MiG-15 fighter jet; Operation Moolah; Soviet pilots; U.S. bombing of North Korea; specific locations and targets
Anderson, Samuel E., 185
Anshan airfield, xiii, 98
No at, 92–94, 97, 99, 110, 141–44
Armstrong, Charles K., 197
atomic bomb. See nuclear weapons
Battle Gazette, 86–87, 147, 167
Bedell, Walter, 194
Black Tuesday, 100–101
Blesse, Frederick “Boots,” 135
Boyd, Albert, 202
Brigham Young University, 216
Bristow, Jack H., 201
Brown, Andy (Arseny Yankovsky), 204–7, 209–10, 214, 215, 216, 230–31
Buzo, Adrian, 91
Chae Byung Zae, 176–77, 178
Chae Kil Yon, 149
Chaikowski, Tony, 220, 222
Chandler, Kenneth, 121, 123
Chin, Larry Wu-Tai, 216
China
aid to postwar North Korea, 162, 227
Chinese civil war, 42, 55, 57, 63, 88
Chinese spying, 216
current relations with North Korea, 236
entry into and role in Korean War, 7, 54–58, 75–76, 80–83
Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, 56–57
intelligence about Inchon landing, 73–74
Kim’s behavior toward/relations with, 56, 74, 80, 88–89, 90, 111–12
Minsaengdan incident (1930s), 24–25
postwar relations with North Korea, 83, 111–12, 162
relations with Soviet Union, 54–55, 57, 58, 138, 227
See also Chinese forces; Manchuria; Mao Zedong
Chinese forces, in Korean War, 7, 54–58
ground forces, 7, 76, 80–83, 84, 88–89, 102, 104, 138, 151
MiG pilots, 107–8, 110, 111, 125–26, 131, 142
Chinese forces, in postwar North Korea, 162
Chi Sun Ok, 26
Choe Kyong Dok, 82
Choe Pyo Dok, 120–21
Cho Man Sik, 34, 35–36
Chongjin
No at naval academy, 46–47, 53–54, 59–60, 68–71
U.S. bombing of, 68–70, 95
Chosin Reservoir, 89
Christians and Christian missionaries
Kim’s Christian background, 17–18
No Kum Sok’s Christian background, 5, 6, 22, 44
during Soviet occupation, 5, 30, 39, 41
Chung Young Tae, 122, 123
CIA, No and, 203–8, 210–11, 214–18, 220–22, 229, 230–31
Clark, Mark W., 152–53, 153–54
Clark, Reid, 216
Collins, Tom, 104, 105, 106, 202, 209–12
comfort women (kisaeng), 20–21, 36
Communism and Communist Party
criticism and denunciation in, 148
in Soviet-occupied North Korea, 39–40, 43
See also Workers’ Party; specific Communist nations and leaders
Communist Youth League, 40
Cultural Revolution, 56–57
Cumings, Bruce, 133
Dandong
airfield, xiii, 101, 125–26
No at, 125–27, 130–31, 136, 147–49, 157–58
Davis, George A., 135
Dean, William F., 65
defections, 129, 143–44
family and friends punished for, 11, 129, 143, 144, 169, 195
No’s escape, 10–11, 163, 176–83
No’s mother’s escape, 160–61, 178
See also Operation Moolah
Democratic Youth League, 30, 40, 41, 43
Dildy, Douglas C., 116
Dongfeng air base, xiii, 108, 155
Dulles, John Foster, 60, 215
Edmundson, James V., 67
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 103, 150, 170, 219, 221
and No’s MiG, 195, 203
and Operation Moolah, 11, 193–95, 203, 215, 239
Everest, Frank, 132–33
F-86 Sabre, 114–15, 128
See also air war
fighter jets, 114–17, 127–28, 143
See also air war; MiG-15 fighter jet
forced labor
in Japanese-controlled Korea, 20–21
in postwar North Korea, 7, 162, 197, 232–33, 236
Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 216
Great Leader. See Kim Il Sung
Great Leap Forward, 56
G suits, 116
Guerra, Cipriano, 181–82, 228
Gurevich, Mikhail, 114
Han Hak Soo, 175
Ho Kai, 118–21
Holt, Joseph, 221
“hostile class,” 47, 233
Hungary and Hungarian Revolution, 226, 227, 230
Hungnam
Kim’s 1948 visit and speech, 1, 3–4, 38
No and his family in, 4, 37–38, 42–44, 93, 158, 228
Noguchi Corporation and, 5
U.S. evacuation of refugees (1950), 160–61
Hunters, The (Salter), 134
Husted, Wilfred M., 185
Hymoff, Edward, 153
Ilyushin IL-10, 143
Inchon landing, 73–76, 79–80, 170–71
Jang Song Thaek, 235
Japan
Kim as anti-Japanese partisan, 15–17, 19, 24–27, 56, 84, 90
and Korean War, 58–59
Korea under the Japanese, 5, 18, 20–21, 23
and North Korean militarism, 236
in World War II, 23–24, 37, 73, 95
Jilin Province, China. See Manchuria
juche, 212–14
Kadena Air Force Base, No at, 203–8
test flights of No’s MiG, 202–3, 209–12
Khrushchev, Nikita, 48, 80, 90, 150, 223, 224, 226, 227
Kim, James, 218, 220–22
Kim Han Jun, 157
Kim Il Sung
cult of personality, 50, 145–46, 213, 223–24
early years and family background, 17–18, 19
education, 18, 19
embrace of Stalinism, 50, 117–18, 145–46, 170, 222–23
health, 33, 234
and Mao, 57–58, 80, 90, 111, 138, 162, 225
marriage and family, 33, 51, 90
No’s assassination thoughts, 99, 127, 183
and Operation Moolah, 153
as paternal figure, 26, 50, 92
personal characteristics, 4, 17, 26, 50, 99, 234–35
political skills and methods, 7–8, 26, 40, 41–42, 91–92, 117–18, 145–46, 213, 225
political views and affiliations, 18–19, 25, 117–18, 145–46, 212–13, 222–23
rumors, stories, and propaganda about, 15, 16–17, 32, 35, 36, 37
speeches, 1, 3–4, 16, 17, 34–35, 39–40, 91
Stalin’s early interest in, 2, 32–33
Stalin’s later opinion of, 119, 145
timeline, 245–47
trusted followers, 25–26, 233–34
—BEFORE KOREAN WAR
flight to and return from Soviet Union, 27, 31–36
as partisan leader in Manchuria, 15–17, 19, 24–27, 56, 84, 90
rise to power, 1–4, 5, 33–37, 48, 118–19
Sinuiju protest and shootings, 38–42
Soviet support for invasion of South Korea, 48–53, 54–59, 65–66, 79–80
—DURING KOREAN WAR, 51, 87, 90
authorizes execution of defectors’ friends and family, 11, 144
behavior toward/relations with the Chinese, 74, 80, 88–89, 90, 111–12
denunciation of Ho Kai, 118–21
interest in ending war, 136–38, 150
military strategy and competence, 65–66, 74–75, 79, 87–88, 91–92, 111–12, 117, 139–40
1952 coup plot and ensuing trials, 146–47, 169–72
requests for Soviet help, 75–76, 90, 94, 136–38
Stalin’s death, 150
Stalin’s retreat order, 82
—POST–KOREAN WAR, 196–98, 212–14, 223–27
later years and death, 234–36, 240
opposition and purges, 146–47, 169–72, 224–25, 226, 232–33
postwar aid from other Communist countries, 161–63, 183, 198, 214, 222, 227
reaction to No’s defection, 183–84
Kim Jong Il (son of Kim Il Sung), 8, 33, 98, 100, 236, 240
Kim Jong Suk (wife of Kim Il Sung), 33, 51
Kim Jong Un, 8, 235–36, 240
Kim Jung Sup, 158
Kim Lee Joo, 156
Kimpo Air Force Base, xiii, 141–43, 144–45, 152, 179
No’s landing and reception at, 178–83, 184–92
Kim Song Ju. See Kim Il Sung
Kim Tal Hion, 129
Ko, Veronica (No Kum Sok’s mother), 130, 144, 156, 238
before the war, 6, 42, 44
defection and reunion with No, 160–61, 178, 200, 206–8, 229–30
Ko Kye Sook (No’s aunt), 159–60, 184
Korea
under Japanese rule, 5, 18, 20–21, 23
partition of, 2
U.S. interests in, 55–56
See also Korean War; North Korea; South Korea
Korean Democratic Youth League. See Democratic Youth League
Korean People’s Army. See People’s Army
Korean War (1950–1953)
American press and public opinion about, 68, 102–3, 133, 152, 199
armistice, 6, 150–51, 157–59
armistice talks, 136, 137–38, 144–45, 149–50
beginning of, 59–60
China’s entry and role, 7, 54–58, 73–74, 75–76, 80–83
early ground war, 63–65, 73–76, 89, 133
early Soviet support for, 48–53, 54–59, 65–66, 79–80
final months of, 149–54
Inchon landing, 73–76, 79–80, 170–71
invasion planning, 4, 59–60, 119, 146
Kim’s military competence, 65–66, 74–75, 79, 87–88, 91–92, 117
Kim’s predictions about, 4, 56, 58–59, 64
North Korean propaganda about, 8–9, 59–60, 71
Soviet and Chinese interest in prolonging, 137–39, 144, 149
timeline, 246–47
U.S. intelligence operations, 186, 188, 204–5
U.S. interests and entry, 55–56, 58, 59, 64–65
See also air war; Chinese forces; Soviet pilots; Stalin, Joseph; U.S. bombing of North Korea
Kozhedub, Ivan N., 94, 102
Kumgang Political Institute, 147
Kun Soo Sung, 86–87, 147, 167–68, 184, 239
labor camps, 7, 162, 232–33, 236
Lankov, Andrei, 118, 120, 121, 171
Lebedev, Nikolai, 31, 34
Lee, Chong-Sik, 146
Lee Choon Tuk, 149
Lee Kun Il, 160
Lee Kun Soon, 143–44
Lee Un Yong, 184
Lee Whal, 176, 187–88
Lee Yong Chol, 93
LeMay, Curtis, 6–7
Lin Biao, 81
Li Sang Jo, 223–24
Lobov, G. A., 103–4
Lowery, John, 134, 179
Luce, Clare Boothe, 72
MacArthur, Douglas, 72–73, 83, 186
and the air war, 95–96, 100, 132
Inchon landing, 73–76, 79–80, 170–71
underestimation of North Korean and Chinese forces, 64, 89
Wonsan assault, 82
Mach, Ernst, 210
Mahurin, Walker “Bud,” 131, 132–33, 136
Malenkov, Georgy, 183
Manchester, William, 72
Manchuria, 18–19, 83–84
ethnic Koreans in, 18, 24–25, 84
Kim ordered to retreat to, 82
Kim’s early years in, 15–17, 19, 24–27, 56, 84, 90
maps, xii, xiii
U.S. attacks inside, 130–33, 135, 156, 190, 196, 198, 200–201
See also specific cities and air bases
Mao Zedong, 42, 56–57
and Kim, 57–58, 80, 90, 111, 138, 162, 225
and Korean War, 54–59, 63, 74, 75–76, 80–83, 88–89
and Peng Dehuai, 88
and Stalin, 54–55, 57, 58
and U.S. presence in Far East, 80, 83
maps, xii, xiii
Martin, Joseph, 221
MiG-15 fighter jet
characteristics of, 104–6, 110, 114–15, 116–17, 173, 212
Chinese MiG pilots, 107–8, 110, 111, 125–26, 131, 142
MiG-15bis, 173
MiG flight training, 106, 107, 110, 116–17, 126, 206
North Korean MiGs at Uiju air base, 9–10, 98–100, 111–13, 121–24
North Korean MiGs moved home after armistice, 157–59, 173, 200, 201
No’s MiG in U.S. hands, 182, 195, 201–3, 209–12
No’s MiG training and experiences, 9, 104, 105–6, 109–10, 112–14, 116–17, 126–27, 136, 143, 173
See also air war; Operation Moolah; Soviet pilots
MiG Alley air war, 97, 98, 100–101, 103–4, 126, 127–33
map, xiii
See also air war
Mikoyan, Anastas, 226–27
Mikoyan, Artem, 114
Milton, T. R., 135
Minsaengdan incident, 24–25
Morisato, Shigeo, 189
Myers, Brian, 213
National Committee for a Free Asia, 203
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 67
Nellis Air Force Base, 134