🎧 The Korean War: An American Perspective
20th Century
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36m
I was thrilled to be joined by H. W. Brands. He's authored 30 books on American history and his works have twice been selected as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. On the 70 year anniversary since the start of the Korean War, he took me through the remarkable course of events which saw an immense civilian death toll and the destruction of virtually all of Korea's major cities. Why have the commemorations of this bloodbath been somewhat overlooked, and how did it lay the groundwork for the politics we see today?
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