Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest public corruption scandals in American history—exposing how a charismatic Malaysian defense contractor bri…

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