The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea, Paperback - Charles Robert Jenkins

In January of 1965, twenty-four-year-old U.S. Army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins abandoned his post in South Korea, walked across the DMZ, and su...

Publisher: TurbspublishingNumber of pages: 60Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 226 x 152 x 5Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Erik Yama Ti...

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