Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom

262 Pages·2018·3.49 MB·English

by  Stephen Gowans

Stephen Gowans
Patriots, Traitors and Empires
The Story of Korea’s Fight for Freedom
Baraka Books
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Table des matières
INTRODUCTION
One Country—Two States
CHAPTER 1
The Empire of Japan
CHAPTER 2
Imperialism
CHAPTER 3
The Patriot
CHAPTER 4
The US Occupation
CHAPTER 5
The Patriot State
CHAPTER 6
The War Against Communists of the South
CHAPTER 7
Suppressing a Worldwide Movement for Liberty, Equality and the Unity of
Humankind
CHAPTER 8
The Political Partition of Korea
CHAPTER 9
The Campaign of 1950-1953
CHAPTER 10
The Anti-Communist Police State
CHAPTER 11
Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific
CHAPTER 12
US Supremacy’s All-Conquering March
CHAPTER 13
Sabotaging an Alternative to the US-Led Global Economic Order
CHAPTER 14
Byungjin
CONCLUSION
The First Real Holy War
Bibliography
The Koreans have as little use for an American Korea as they had for a Japanese
one. They want a Korean Korea.