Re: Historians

[James Robert Dennis III <jrdennis@earthlink.net>]

>Oh, come on, Cookie - you gotta be joking!
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>Have you read history books on the Korean War written by NK or SK history 
>professors and official gov historians?

As freedom of speech is still restricted in both North and South Korea is 
this a surprise?  
As intellectual freedom is little understood in both North and South 
Korea is this a surprise?
Look at the crap you post here on a recurring basis.  For it to be seem 
"credible", it must say something nasty about Rhee, Park, Chun and the 
United States.   


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>Or Japanese history textbooks?

The Japanese have made an industry in denial, as have the Koreans, as to 
what happened in World War II, the occupation of Korea and other 
activities in Asia.  Is this surprising?  If the truth were to be 
admitted, it would cost too much money and it would be too embarassing to 
some.  It took the Philippines almost 50 years to admit that some 
powerful families were Japanese collaborators during the occupation.  
When will the Koreans start admitting their collaboration with the 
Japanese?

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>BTW, Kim Il Sung's memoirs (English - chapters 1 - 24) is available at 
>http://www.kimsoft.com/war/w-r-0.htm   Although it covers upto 1945, he 
>does drift in and out of the Korean War. 
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>Is this book a pure propaganda? 
  
Educated people understand that memoirs, the recollection of a person, is 
written in a way that casts credit on the person who is writing the 
memoirs.  It is also understood that embarassing and derogitory things 
are generally omitted.  I am waiting for Clinton's memoirs, the spin 
within the book should be able to cause all the desk toys to go into 
hyperdrive.

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>IMHO, KIS does a good job of detailing the root causes of the Korean War.  
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>ysk
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