Patriots, Traitors, and Empires: The Korean War and Korea's Struggle for Freedom
Stephen Gowans joins Breht to talk about his book "Patriots, Traitors, and Empires: The Story of Korea's Struggle for Freedom".
They discuss the history of Korea, Japanese colonial occupation of Korea, WW2 and the Cold War, The Korean War, Kim Il-Sung and guerrilla warfare, South Korea as an American puppet state, the Soviet Union and Mao's China, American propaganda against the DPRK, the prospects for a unified Korea, and much more!
Check out Stephen's blog here: https://gowans.blog/
Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GowansStephen
Outro Music: "SNOW" by Zion T (feat. Lee Moon Sae)…
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