Season 2, Episode 12: Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History

Send us Fan MailJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Professor Bruce Cumings, renowned historian and  expert in East-Asian history, to discuss Cuming’s book, The Korean War. Together, they discuss the factors that led to the Korean War, its brutal trajectory, and its powerful and fateful impacts US foreign policy. The Korean War, though little known or understood today, continues to cast a long shadow on geopolitics and US foreign policy up to this day.  Cumings offers a profound and essential look into a war that is widely misunderstood, forgotten, or willfully ignored, but that still deeply shapes our world.    The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, the flagship education initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Learn more and get involved at bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org.Footnotes:Korean WarWorld War IIAmerican Military in WWII US Second Amendment NSC6838th Parallel Pro-Japanese Collaborators Five Theories of Korean UnificationDean AchesonMarshall Plan SpeechKorean War and Japan’s RecoveryCold WarDeclaration of Neutrality George Kennan Guerrilla Operations in North Korea US in the Korean WarAmerican Armed Forces StatisticsNuclear Arms RaceYellow River FloodRelief of Douglas MacArthurTrench Warfare Death Count of Korean War⭐️ Thanks for listening to Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs!📚 Join the conversation and go deeper into the ideas shaping our world.➡️ Watch the conversation on YouTube ➡️ Subscribe to the newsletter for episode updates, readings, and behind-the-scenes insights: https://bit.ly/subscribeBCJS➡️ Explore past episodes, show notes, and featured books: https://bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org🎧 Download and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform so you never miss an episode.📣 Love the show? Leave a rating and review - it helps more listeners find the podcast.🔁 Share this episode with a friend, colleague, or book club who’d enjoy the discussion!