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Jul 2021
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Patriots, Traitors, and Empires: The Kor...

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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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