Posted this morning at Electric Politics, a podcast interview with Dr. Bruce Cumings, talking about his recent book, The Korean War: A History. Bruce is Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the History Department at the University of Chicago. This book distills his previous books and decades of research and analysis into a shorter, more polemical and more popularized type format. It's history worth knowing something about, in particular because the Korean War marks the beginning of the new American Empire.
Bruce, and a few others, like Selig Harrison, have been rewriting the history of the Korean War from a more Korean point of view. Probably they're right and most mainstream historians and political scientists are completely wrong. Why conventional wisdom should be so wrong is a fascinating question... Listeners curious about Korean controversies should read Bruce's book. If you like the podcast please feel free to redistribute the link. http://www.electricpolitics.com/podcast/2010/10/korea_korea.html -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
