Fw: "Introduction to the Korean War" by Allan Millett

["Jack King" <jackking@aaahawk.com>]

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From: <RonaldS842@aol.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: "Introduction to the Korean War" by Allan Millett


> Hi all-
>
>    Well, I suppose it is no great surprise that I personally don't think
much
> of the above., even thought it seems to have impressed Carl. ab universali
ad
> particulare valet, a particulari ad universale non valet consequentia.
>    One of the remarkable aspects of this war was its initial, causative
> dispute. This was an arguement between two generals, one Russian, the
other
> American, that turned on the definition of one word "democratic". The
Russian
> insisted that only those Koreans who had previously supported a
> Soviet-American compact could be called democratic and allowed to
participate
> in founding a post-World War II Korean government. The American insisted
on
> hearing all voices, even those who disagreed with the Soviet-American
pact.
> It was a matter of principle.
>    Wars before and after this one were fought for much less. At the heart
of
> the war was a profound disagreement between the two most powerful nations
on
> earth, a disagreement over the meaning of the word . . .  democracy. At
its
> core, that is what the Korean War was all about.
>
> Ron
>