About
this Book:
Patriots,
Traitors and Empires is an account of modern Korean history, written from the
point of view of those who fought to free Korea from the domination of foreign
empires. It traces the history of Korea’s struggle for freedom from opposition
to Japanese colonialism starting in 1905 to North Korea’s current efforts to
deter the threat of invasion by the United States or anybody else by having
nuclear weapons.
Koreans
have been fighting a civil war since 1932, when Kim Il Sung, founder of the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, along with other Korean patriots,
launched a guerrilla war against Japanese colonial domination. Other Koreans,
traitors to the cause of Korea’s freedom, including a future South Korean
president, joined the side of Japan’s Empire, becoming officers in the Japanese
army or enlisting in the hated colonial police force.
From
early in the 20th century when Japan incorporated Korea into its burgeoning
empire, Koreans have struggled against foreign domination, first by Japan then
by the United States. Some protests were peaceful; others involved riots,
insurrection and sustained guerrilla war. After the US engineered political
partition of their country in 1945, the Koreans fought a conventional war, from
1950-1953. Three million gave their lives.
Examining
the history of the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Gowans shows that it can be
accurately qualified a “US puppet state” or even “a stationary US aircraft
carrier.” Only when faced with virtually insurmountable military threat did the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) resort to nuclear weapons
to ensure its defense.
Patriots,
Traitors and Empires, The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom is a
much-needed antidote to the jingoist clamor spewing from all quarters whenever
Korea is discussed. ~
Book Launch and Overview - May 7th, 2018 (Montreal)
Video Source: The Activist Poet
To get a copy of this important historical book click on the following link: Baraka Books
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