![]() ![]() ![]() His godfather was Sun Yat-sen, and he and his father were confidants of Chiang Kai-shek. He was a man of the world, but had particular ties to China and the Far East. ![]() During the Korean War, he was asked to write a set of qualifications for the head of psychological operations for the US army he got interested enough in the possibilities of the job and so set things up that he was the only person qualified to do it. He looked like a classic nerd, wrote weird little Science Fiction stories about cats, and was apparently regarded with respect by a generation of top US diplomatic and intelligence specialists. In fact, he literally Wrote the Book on psychological warfare - the standard US Army textbook on the subject. Cordwainer Smith was the pen name of Doctor Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (J– August 6, 1966): Science Fiction writer, poet, and psychological warfare expert. ![]()
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