- Hardcover: 328 pages
- Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows (29 Dec 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1568580541
- ISBN-13: 978-1568580548
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,479,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Offers a new explanation for the 1983 crash of Korean Air Flight 007, charging that instead of being shot down by the Soviets, the plane was caught in an air battle between the U.S. and the Soviets.
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Walter Cronkite on INCIDENT AT SAKHALIN:
"This book has importance far beyond its sensational and dramatic revelations of a Cold War intelligence ploy that turned into a military engagement--an aerial battle that could easily have escalated into World War III. That importance concerns the covenant that exists in a democracy between the government and its people regarding the matter of honesty...." -- Walter Cronkite
"This book has importance far beyond its sensational and dramatic revelations of a Cold War intelligence ploy that turned into a military engagement--an aerial battle that could easily have escalated into World War III. That importance concerns the covenant that exists in a democracy between the government and its people regarding the matter of honesty...." -- Walter Cronkite
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Seoul, September 1, 6:00 A.M. It was the end of summer, 1983, and the "Land of Morning Calm" was still waking up. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Seoul, September 1, 6:00 A.M. It was the end of summer, 1983, and the "Land of Morning Calm" was still waking up. Read the first page
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Michel Brun provides a detailed analysis of the KAL Flight 007 incident. Using exhaustive first-person research, Brun weaves a plausible explaination for and a true account of the secret military conflict between the US and USSR on the night of the shootdown that precipitated the killing of 269 airline passengers and loss of an unknown number of military personnel. Brun uses first hand investigation, official documents, analysis of airline communications, and radar returns to support the theory. The well researched book is extremely detailed and nicely readable.
Two criticsims:
Much of the theory involves an analysis of time and incidents. A chart detailing these relationships would be helpful.
The maps are somewhat difficult to read. Understanding the maps is critical to under standing the theory.
The dense text is an excellent read and impels a reader to seek the truth.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Brun not only reviews the data that was made available at the time of the KAL 007 incident, but also puts in some legwork of his own to unearth fascinating new facts which shed a whole new light on what actually happened. He presents facts which suggest that the "shootdown" of the Korean civilian plane was actually part of a much wider Soviet-American engagement involving the downing of as many as ten other (military) planes that night. He suggests that KAL 007 was not shot down over Sakhalin, as was claimed at the time, but instead flew on for some considerable time, finally crashing very near to Japan, in international waters. I found the book very interesting and readable, but was ultimately disappointed by the failure to follow through on some fascinating leads. Why could he not contact the person who suggested that it was not the Russians but the Japanese who shot down the plane, (and what was the reason for the Japanese to do this anyway?)and why hasn't someone looked for the plane where Brun suggests (plausibly) it went down?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It's tough to find any holes in his comprehensive analysis. Excellent read, lots of detail to back up his theory. I'm came away believing that the U.S., USSR and Japan have blood on their hands. Shame on us for not demanding the truth.
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