Gifts of Deceit

Infobox Book
name = Gifts of Deceit
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image_caption = Book cover
author = Robert Boettcher
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country = USA
language = English
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subject = Politics, Unification Church
genre = non-fiction
publisher = Holt, Rinehart and Winston
release_date = 1980
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media_type = Hardcover
pages = 402
isbn = ISBN 0030445760 ,
ISBN 978-0030445767
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"Gifts of Deceit: Sun Myung Moon, Tongsun Park, and the Korean Scandal" is a non-fiction book on Koreagate and the United States Congressional investigation of the Unification Church, authored by Robert Boettcher, with Gordon L. Freedman [cite book
last = Olsen
first = Edward A.
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coauthors =
title = Toward Normalizing U.S. Korea Relations: in due course?
publisher = Lynne Rienner Publishers
date = 2002
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pages = 36
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 1588261093] . The book was published in paperback and hardcover editions, in 1980.

About the author

Robert Boettcher graduated with an M.S. in international relations, from Georgetown University. Boettcher served the United States as a Foreign Service officercite book
last = Maurer
first = Harry
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Strange Ground PB: An Oral History of Americans in Vietnam, 1945-1975
publisher = Da Capo Press
date = 1998
location =
pages = 6, 290-294, 302, 622
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0306808390] . Boettcher later was the Staff Director to the House Subcommittee on International Relations, which headed the investigation into Tongsun Park, Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church. In this capacity, Boettcher served under the Congressional Committee's chair, Congressman Donald Fraser [cite news
last = Staff
first =
coauthors =
title = Robert Boettcher, Staff Chief In House Inquiry, Dies in Fall
work = The New York Times
pages =
language =
publisher = The New York Times Company
date = May 30, 1984
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E2DA143BF933A05756C0A962948260
accessdate = ] .

Cited by secondary works

Boettcher's work is cited extensively in Farrell's "Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century" [cite book
last = Farrell
first = John Aloysius
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century
publisher = Back Bay
date = 2001
location =
pages = 729, 730, 746
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0316185701] . The book itself was noted in United States Congressional investigations on "The Cult Phenomenon in the United States", in 1979 [United States Congress, , "The Cult Phenomenon in the United States", February 5, 1979, Senator Bob Dole, presiding.] . "Gifts of Deceit" is also cited in Breen's "The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies" [cite book
last = Breen
first = Michael
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies
publisher = St. Martin's Press
date = 2004
location =
pages = 271, 272, 274
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0312242115] , Anderson's "Inside the League" [cite book
last = Anderson
first = Scott
authorlink =
coauthors = Jon Lee Anderson
title = Inside the League
publisher = Dodd, Mead
date = 1986
location =
pages = 297
url =
doi =
id = ] , and is recommended reading by Olsen's "Korea, the Divided Nation" [cite book
last = Olsen
first = Edward A.
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Korea, the Divided Nation
publisher = Praeger/Greenwood
date = 2005
location =
pages = 184
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0275983072] and Kim's "Dictionary of Asian-American History" [cite book
last = Kim
first = Hyung-chan
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Dictionary of Asian American History
publisher = Greenwood Pub Group
date = 1986
location =
pages = 528
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0313237603] .

In addition to political books, "Gifts of Deceit" is cited in books which analyze new religious movements, including "Another Gospel" [cite book
last = Tucker
first = Ruth A.
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Another Gospel
publisher = Zondervan
date = 1989
location =
pages = 446
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0310259371 ] , "The Future of New Religious Movements" [cite book
last = Bromley
first = David G.
authorlink =
coauthors = Phillip E. Hammond
title = The Future of New Religious Movements
publisher = Mercer University Press
date = 1987
location =
pages = 233
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0865540950] , "Crime, Values, and Religion" [cite book
last = Day
first = James M.
authorlink =
coauthors = William S. Laufer
title = Crime, Values, and Religion
publisher = Praeger/Greenwood
date = 1987
location =
pages = 188
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0893914118] , "Spiritual Warfare" [cite book
last = Diamond
first = Sara
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Spiritual Warfare
publisher = South End Press
date = 1989
location =
pages = 252
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0896083616] , and more recently in Jenkins' "Mystics and Messiahs", in 2000 [cite book
last = Jenkins
first = Philip
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History
publisher = Oxford University Press
date = 2000
location =
pages = 275
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0195127447] .

Usage as reference

"Gifts of Deceit" was referenced in a 1989 Task Force Report by the American Psychiatric Association, entitled: "Cults and New Religious Movements" [cite book
last = Galanter
first = Marc
authorlink =
coauthors = American Psychiatric Association Committee on Psychiatry and Religion
title = Cults and New Religious Movements: Task Force Report of the American Psychiatric Association
publisher = American Psychiatric Pub, Inc.
date = 1989
location =
pages = 191, 332
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0890422125] .

The book was also referenced in the Nomination hearing before the United States Senate, for Edward J. Derwinskicite book
last = United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
first =
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Nomination of Hon. Edward J. Derwinski: Hearing Before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
publisher = United States Government
date = 1989
location =
pages = 105
url =
doi =
id = ] . Portions of the book were quoted and read into the public record.

Reception

In his work, "The Ethics of Citizenship", James Stockdale recommends "Gifts of Deceit" and states that it is "very revealing", and deals with the "questionable conduct" of Sun Myung Moon [cite book
last = Stockdale
first = James B.
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = The Ethics of Citizenship
publisher = University of Texas Press
date = 1981
location =
pages = 141
url =
doi =
id = ] . "The New Republic" called it a "most complete account" of Sun Myung Moon [cite news
last = Staff
first =
coauthors =
title = Brief Reviews
work = New Republic
pages =
language =
publisher =
date = May 17, 1980
url =
accessdate = ] . "The Washington Post" reviewed the work, but stated that portions of the Koreagate Scandal may have been due to media hype [cite news
last = Marro
first = Anthony
coauthors =
title = Messiahs, Manipulators and Media Hype
work = The Washington Post
pages = Section: Book World
language =
publisher =
date = April 20, 1980
url =
accessdate = ] .

References

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9503E2DA143BF933A05756C0A962948260 Robert Boettcher, Staff Chief In House Inquiry, Dies in Fall]
* [http://www.allentwood.com/essays/giftsofdeceit.html Gifts of Deceit] , "Allen Tate Wood"

See also

*Koreagate
*United States Congressional investigation of the Unification Church
*Tongsun Park