Boettcher's work is cited extensively in Farrell's Tip O'Neill and the Democratic Century.[4] The book itself was noted in United States Congressional investigations on "The Cult Phenomenon in the United States", in 1979.[5]Gifts of Deceit is also cited in Breen's The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies,[6] Anderson's Inside the League,[7] and is recommended reading by Olsen's Korea, the Divided Nation[8] and Kim's Dictionary of Asian-American History.[9]
In addition to political books, Gifts of Deceit is cited in books which analyze new religious movements, including Another Gospel,[10]The Future of New Religious Movements,[11]Crime, Values, and Religion,[12]Spiritual Warfare,[13] and more recently in Jenkins' Mystics and Messiahs, in 2000.[14]
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."[15]The New Republic called it a "most complete account."[16]The Washington Post reviewed the work, but stated that portions of the Koreagate Scandal may have been due to media hype.[17]
^Olsen, Edward A. (2002). Toward Normalizing U.S. Korea Relations: in due course?. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 36. ISBN1-58826-109-3.
^ abMaurer, Harry (1998). Strange Ground PB: An Oral History of Americans in Vietnam, 1945-1975. Da Capo Press. pp. 6, 290–294, 302, 622. ISBN0-306-80839-0.