On Monday, February 14, 2000 at 12:50:11 (-0800) Brad De Long writes:
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>>CB: The U.S. imperialists carried out a war circa 1950 and still
>>occupy the Southern part of the country. The U.S. still has 30,000
>>troops and nuclear weapons there.
>
>I thought that Bruce Cumings's claim that South Korean dictator
>Syngman Rhee started the 1950-1953 Korean War had collapsed when the
>flow of Cold War-era documents out of Moscow began?
Brad, just a small favor: could you find us a quote directly from
Cumings's work where he claims "Syngman Rhee started the 1950-1953
Korean War"? I thought that he was much more circumspect than that.
Bill
