Empire Blues with Tim Shorrock
Independent journalist, Korea specialist, and Bob Dylan fan back from the brink with hidden histories of Cold War DC, US military intervention in Asia, Spies for Hire, global labor, the Left after Vietnam, plus field notes from a new book, DMZ Empire.
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Annals of the Cold War: The Nagasaki Bomb and the Division of Korea (opens the original)
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The Korean War You Never Saw (Part Three) (opens the original)
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On July 27th, 2026, the 73rd anniversary of the 1953 Armistice in Korea, Newstapa/The Korea Center for Investigative Journalism published three new books on Amazon Kindle about the Korean War, translated into English for an American audience. I was honored to write the introductions to all three volumes. <spa
The Korean War You Never Saw (Part Two) (opens the original)
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On July 27th, 2026, the 73rd anniversary of the 1953 Armistice in Korea, Newstapa/The Korea Center for Investigative Journalism published three new books on Amazon Kindle about the Korean War, translated into English for an American audience. I was honored to write the introductions to all three volumes. <spa
R. James Woolsey, 9/11, and the Shady Origins of National Security Capitalism (opens the original)
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The Korean War You Never Saw (Part One) (opens the original)
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On July 27th, 2026, the 73rd anniversary of the 1953 Armistice in Korea, Newstapa/The Korea Center for Investigative Journalism published three new books on Amazon Kindle about the Korean War, translated into English for an American audience. I was honored to write the introductions to all three volumes. <spa
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