HSPLS site
Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
My Account
Databases
HI Newspaper
eBooks/Audiobooks
Learning
PC Reservation
Reading Program
Basic
Advanced
Power
History
Search:
Title Browse
Author Browse
Subject Browse
Best Seller Browse
Music Title Browse
Video/DVD Title Browse
Journal/Newspaper Title Browse
Serial Title Browse
Series Browse (includes Bestseller List)
General Keyword
Title Keyword
Author Keyword
Subject Keyword
Name Keyword
Series Keyword
Score Title Browse
Talking Book Title Browse
Awards Note Browse
Bib No.
Barcode
Refine Search
> You're searching:
HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
Item Information
Holdings
Summary
More Content
More by this author
Whitlock, Craig, author.
Subjects
Francis, Leonard Glenn, 1964-
United States. Navy -- Procurement.
United States. Navy -- Corrupt practices.
United States. Navy -- Officers.
Swindlers and swindling -- Malaysia -- Biography.
Defense contracts -- Malaysia.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Whitlock, Craig, author.
by title:
Fat Leonard : how on...
MARC Display
Fat Leonard : how one man bribed, bilked, and seduced the U.S. Navy / Craig Whitlock.
by
Whitlock, Craig, author.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024.
Subjects
Francis, Leonard Glenn, 1964-
United States. Navy -- Procurement.
United States. Navy -- Corrupt practices.
United States. Navy -- Officers.
Swindlers and swindling -- Malaysia -- Biography.
Defense contracts -- Malaysia.
ISBN:
9781982131630 (hardcover) :
1982131632 (hardcover) :
Description:
x, 460 pages, 16 unnunmbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Contents:
Chain of command -- Ships of the Seventh Fleet -- Prologue -- Part one: 1986-2005. A good whipping -- The striver -- Ring of steel -- Leonard the legend -- Part two: 2006. Mr. Make-It-Happen -- Naked bribery -- Seducing the Seventh Fleet -- Grand ambitions -- The wedding planner -- Part three: 2007-2011. Leaky embassies -- Dirty secrets -- The nemesis -- Mikey -- The special agent -- Part four: 2011-2012. Spousal privileges -- Change of command -- The ghostwriter -- Spy vs. spy -- The birthday ball -- Loose lips sink ships -- Part five: 2013. Family man -- Baiting a trap -- Party on -- Busted -- Shock waves -- Panic attacks -- Part six: 2013-2014. Spilling some beans -- Twig -- Crazy Bob -- The admirals strike back -- Part seven: 2015-2022. Flipped -- Bad memories -- A secret prognosis -- The great escape -- Epilogue.
Requests:
15
Summary:
"All the admirals in the US Navy knew Leonard Glenn Francis--either personally or by his legendary reputation. He was the larger-than-life defense contractor who greeted them on the pier whenever they visited ports in Asia, ready to show them a good time after weeks at sea while his company resupplied their ships and submarines. He was famed throughout the fleet for the gluttonous parties he hosted for officers: $1,000-per-person dinners at Asia's swankiest restaurants, featuring unlimited Dom Pérignon, Cuban cigars, and sexy young women. On the surface, with his flawless American accent, he seemed like a true friend of the Navy. What the brass didn't realize, until far too late, was that Francis had seduced them by exploiting their entitlement and hubris. While he was bribing them with gifts, lavish meals, and booze-fueled orgies, he was making himself obscenely wealthy by bilking American taxpayers. Worse, he was stealing military secrets from under the admirals' noses and compromising national security. Based on reams of confidential documents--including the blackmail files that Francis kept on Navy officers--Fat Leonard is the full, unvarnished story of a world-class con man and a captivating testament to the corrosive influence of greed within the ranks of the American military"-- Provided by publisher.
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Status
Due Date
Hawaii State Library
Adult New Books
364.16309 Francis Wh
Checked out
06/26/2024
Add Copy to MyList
Mililani Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
364.16309 Francis Wh
Item being held
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.