{"product_id":"agents-of-subversion-9781501765971","title":"Agents of Subversion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgents of Subversion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e reconstructs the remarkable story of a botched mission into Manchuria, showing how it fit into a wider CIA campaign against Communist China and highlighting the intensityand futilityof clandestine operations to overthrow Mao. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the winter of 1952, at the height of the Korean War, the CIA flew a covert mission into China to pick up an agent. Trained on a remote Pacific island, the agent belonged to an obscure anti-communist group known as the Third Force based out of Hong Kong. The exfiltration would fail disastrously, and one of the Americans on the mission, a recent Yale graduate named John T. Downey, ended up a prisoner of Mao Zedong''s government for the next twenty years. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eUnraveling the truth behind decades of Cold War intrigue, John Delury documents the damage that this hidden foreign policy did to American political life. The US government kept the public in the dark about decades of covert activity directed agains\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelury blends first-rate storytelling with diplomatic history. For such an expansive and wide-ranging discussion of US-Chinese relations, Delury should be commended for his attention to detail and commitment to bringing to light sources previously underutilized in US writing on China.\u003c\/p\u003e * LA Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA riveting and important case study. Delury retells this remarkable episode in the history of U.S.-Chinese relations with fire and astonishment, using his flair for narrative and his eye for often surreal detail to describe the desperation in Washington in the wake of the Korean War and the fateful decision to use the fledgling CIA to try to undermine Mao's China.\u003c\/p\u003e * Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn urgently needed book.\u003c\/p\u003e * South China Morning Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgents of Subversion\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that you can easily imagine being filmed, being turned into a television series or being discussed with gusto by members of a book club made up of history lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e * Five Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn urgently needed, invaluable and deftly written book.\u003c\/p\u003e * Asia Media International *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is above all a compelling read that dives deep into the complexities of the geopolitics around the Korean War and its uncertain aftermath, which still shapes regional tensions to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e * NK News *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgents of Subversion\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling and elegantly written narrative of a largely unknown story, ranging from the broad perspectives of foreign policy to the personal tale of one man caught up in it all.\u003c\/p\u003e * Critical Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Delury has written a beautifully constructed narrative history that moves back and forth between the US and the PRC; \u003ci\u003eAgents of Subversion\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly readable and entertaining guide to the failure of the CIA's obsessive disruptive mission in China during the 1950s\u003c\/p\u003e * The China Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 1: Axis Mundi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Loss of China\u003cbr\u003e 2. Realism and Restraint\u003cbr\u003e 3. Subversion and Repression\u003cbr\u003e 4. Intelligence or Psywar73Part\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Call to Adventure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. At War in Korea\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Third Force\u003cbr\u003e 7. Making Counterrevolution\u003cbr\u003e 8. Hong Kong Fight League\u003cbr\u003e 9. Manchurian Manhunt\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 3: Road of Trials\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. Exfiltration\u003cbr\u003e 11. Quiet Americans\u003cbr\u003e 12. Subversion on Trial\u003cbr\u003e 13. Implausible Denial\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 4: Rescue from Without\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14. Prisoners of the Past\u003cbr\u003e 15. War and Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 16. Release\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409366655319,"sku":"9781501765971","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501765971.jpg?v=1730506556","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/agents-of-subversion-9781501765971","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}