Shootdown:The Verdict on KAL 007-(1986 Book Club Associates London 1st Edition)
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| Management number | 18485237 | Release Date | 2025/10/23 | List Price | $19.03 | Model Number | 18485237 | ||
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Shootdown:The Verdict on KAL007 by R.W. Johnson.1986 1stEdition Book Club Associates (London)hardcover w/dj in like new condition(age wear to dj).Bk dimensions:8.0×5.0×1.0inches,15.2oz,352pgs.R.W.Johnson was an Oxford political scientist and wrote several historical books.This book examines the horrific air disaster that occurred on Sept.1st,1983.Korean Airlines Boeing 747(KAL007) was shot down by a Russian fighter over Soviet restricted airspace and plunged into the Sea of Japan.All 269 passengers and crew were killed.The Reagan administration's statement that"due to some unforseen human or technical error the aircraft drifted fatally off course",and that the Soviets were guilty of an atrocity,was widely accepted at the time.The author advocates a more sinister theory detailing how both US and South Korean intelligence outfitted KAL007 with surveillance equipment and recruited the crew to conduct an espionage mission over Soviet soil.Reviews have both lauded and criticized this book.
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