Armistice, which brought an end to the fighting stages of the war. One of the interesting aspects of the way that you have framed this book is that its not just about the events of the fighting phase of the war itself, but also talks a lot about the impact of the korean war on asian issues and on world history, and even on the contemporary positions of the main countries and actors. How did you decide that you wanted to write a book on the korean war . Yeah, well, in 2007 i was asked whether or not i might consider writing a project on the war. And at the time i was looking at policy issues at the u. S. Army war college, and i thought that it was a worthy project because at the time, because ive interest in contemporary korean issues i thought a book about, and, of course, i thought a book about a history of, beginning with the division in 1945 was, could serve as a way in which we could understand contemporary events. So thats sort of the basic reason. But then as i started to get int
It and three defense. You can almost sell it to America Today as a package. [laughter] so, essentially they tend to believe that if you keep appeasing americans they will make more demands and we should remember in the modern mage that we appeal constantly to munich. If you appease people they will make greater demands grade you need to be firm from the very start. What is remarkable is the extent to which the british had tried to appease americans in their early stages. One of the victims of the socalled boston massacre where british troops boston one of the victims was irish and even as he was dying he said actually they were really restrained compared to how they would have behaved at arlington. [laughter] ladies and gentlemen [applause] up next on both tvs after words with guest host scott snyder director of the program in u. S. Korea policy. This week author Sheila Jager Miyoshi in their latest book sub sub brother at war the unbending conflict in korea. The historian provides a c
Reached safety in the south. So, the people who get out now have formed there are enough of them that they are educating us about truth of our trivia and theres been several books published about life in north korea, and we now have a much better picture of what the truth of the existence is. You cant even mail a letter so the exiles created a black market in information. They hire chinese couriers to cross the border and deliver messages, or sometimes they deliver chinese cell phones to a north korean relative, tell the relative to go to an area near the border at a certain day and hour, turn on the phone, and receive a phone call from the relative who escaped to a different country. In south korea, north korean exiles formed organizations whose purpose is to get information into north korea, to give just one example, there are four radio stations run by north korean exiles that broadcast daily to north creigh north korea. The man tray of the kim family regime that north korea is the
Of the Wilson Center Cold War International history project. This week David Coleman and his latest book the 14th day jfk and the aftermath of the cuban missile crisis. In a director of the Mother Center president ial Recordings Program distills the days following october 28, 1962 and shows that both the public believed the cuban missile crisis that ended president kennedy continued to walk a fine diplomatic line to secure the removal of the Nuclear Weaponry from cuba. Host as you know theres a ton of literature about the cuban missile crisis most of it focusing on 13 days has Bobby Kennedys memoir was called in 1969 in the version with kevin costner. What made you decide to focus on the aftermath in this crisis . Guest theres two things a lot to talk about in the tracks the end of dovetailing in the end. First of all most of the books that cover the missile crisis and on the 13th day and october 28, the had decided he was going to back down and he had agreed to have a message to withd
Well take you first to the mattis hearing and when it gets started well carry it live. Bill president elect trump now squaring off with reporters in a mustsee News Conference that did not disappoint. Mr. Trump taking swings at the Intel Community and the journalists asking a questions there. President elect aiming his fire over a leak of an unsubstantiateed report about alleged and unverified connections to russia and this is how part of that went. I think its an absolute disgrace and pretty sad when intelligence reports get leaked out to the press. Its pretty sad. First its illegal. These are classified and certified meetings and reports. Ill tell you what does happen. I have many meetings with intelligence and every time i meet, people are reading about it. Somebody is leaking it out. Martha one of the Big Questions thats out there right now. Thats just the beginning. Fox Team Coverage for you this morning. Governor Mike Huckabee and howard kurtz both standing by. We begin the peter