Bibliography

Japanese Occupation

• The Rise and Fall of Imperial Japan 1894-1945 - S.L. Mayer, Military Press, NY, 1976; contains information on Japanese war activities from 1850 - 1945.
• Communism in Korea - The Movement - Robert A. Scalapino and Chong Sik Lee, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1972; includes information on anti-Japanese movements during the first three decades of the 20th century.
• The Song of Arirang - A Korean Communist in Chinese Revolution - Nym Wales and Kim San, Ramparts Press, San Francisco, 1941; a memoir of a revolutionary patriot - 1900 to 1935.
• Kim Il Sung - The North Korean Leader - Dae Sook Suh, Columbia University Press, NY 1988: an authoritative treatise on Kim Il Sung's biography with extensive references to Japanese, Chinese and Russian archives.
• Edgar Snow's China - Louis Wheeler Snow, Random House, New York, 1981; an eye witness history of the modern China with a large selection of rare photographs.
• A Handbook of Korea - Korean Overseas Information Service, Ministry of Culture and Information, Seoul, Korea, 1978; an official history of Korea.
• The Modern World - Esmond Wright, The Hamlyn Publishing Group, Ltd., New Jersey, 1979

Korean War

• Korea: The Unknown War - Jon Halliday and Bruce Cumings, Pantheon Books, NY, 1988; a Pentagon paper on the Korean War with extensive entries from the native side.
• The Origins of The Korean War - Bruce Cumings, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1981. This masterpiece on Korea (1945 - 1947) details US Army's continuance of the Japanese colonial rule using the Japanese personnel and Korean traitors.
• A General's Life - Omar N. Bradley and Clay Blair, Simon and Schuster, NY, 1983. Gen. Bradley was the top US military man during the War and relates the 'inside' story.
• Korea The Untold Story of the War - Joseph C. Goulden, McGraw-Hill, Inc., NY, 1982: another Pentagon paper on the Korean War with extensive references to US classified documents.
• Korean War History and Tactics - Consultant Editor David Rees, Crescent Books, NY, 1984; some basic facts on the War.
• US Military Operations 1945-1985 - Kenneth Anderson, The Military Press, NY, 1984.
• The Truth About The Korean War - Kim Chul Baum, Eulyoo Publishing Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea, 1991; eyewitness stories of a number of communist participants of the War - contains documents on Mao's dealings with Kim Il Sung and Stalin; tainted by S Korean propaganda.
• The Chinese War Machines - James E. Dorman and Nigel de Lee, Crescent Books, NY, 1979; a history of the Chinese Liberation Army; has a section on the Korean War.
• The Battle for Korea - Robert J. Dvorchak, The Associated Press, 1993; contains rare photographs of war actions and a fairly detailed history of the War. Most war photos are from the National Archives, Washington, DC.
• Miracle in Korea - Glenn C. Cowart, University of South Carolina Press, 1992: a detailed account of the Battle of Hamhung from an American perspective. This is the only known publication specifically written on the Battle of Hamhung, most important battle of the Korean War.
• The Hidden History of the Korean War - Isidore Franklin Stone, Monthly Review Press, NY, 1952; the first attempt to describe the real Korean War.
• Enter the Dragon - China's Undeclared War Against the U.S. in Korea, 1950-51, Russell Spurr, New Market Press, NY 1988: eyewitness accounts of the Korean War by the Chinese.
• In Mortal Combat - Korea, 1950-1953, John Toland, William Morrow and Co., NY, 1991.

Intelligence and Paramilitary

• The Art of War, Sun Tzu - 500 B.C.
• The Espionage Establishment - David Wise and Thomas B. Ross, Random House, 1967; has a chapter on the Chinese spy operations; has a footnote on Col. Hans Tofte on pp 164-5.
• The Man Who Kept The Secrets - Richard Helms and the CIA - Thomas Powers, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., NY; an inside story of the CIA history and evolution; has a footnote on Col. Hans Tofte. pp 323-4.
• Spies and Provocateurs - Wendell L. Minnick, McFarland, N Carolina, 1992; an encyclopedia of spies uncovered; has an article on Tofte on p571.
• Perilous Mission: Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in Asia - William M. Leary, The University of Alabama Press, 1984; contains chapters on several CIA covert operations in Korea and China.
• CIA Handbook on Guerrilla Warfare, US CIA internal document.
• The Tears of My Soul, Kim Hyun Hee, William Morrow and Co., NY, 1993; an eyewitness account of N Korean espionage operations, tainted by S Korean propaganda.
• Deadly Deceits - My 25 Years in the CIA, Ralph W. McGehee, Sheridan Square Publications, Inc., NY, 1988; an inside story of CIA training and operations.
• North Korean Special Forces - Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1988, Great Britain.

CIA Documents - Declassified