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Nov 24, 2018StarGladiator rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is a highly inconsistent history book: at times the author sounds highly intelligent and is capable of brilliant scholarship, towards the end he lapses into egocentric diatribes and silly absolutist statements; I'm fine with historians attacking American exceptionalism, but not simultaneously ascribing exceptional standards to America and Americans, while citing the entire population based upon idiotic articles by media minions - - which is controlled by an extremely small number of people and not amenable to public opinion! Wasn't convinced that South Korea began the Korean War, too much counter-evidence in this matter, with the subsequent actions by the North Korean dynasty consistent with the agressors in that war. I applaud the historian author for his mention of President Kennedy's attempting to influence the military dictatorship towards democracy - - this contradicts the disinformation routinely spewed by Chomsky and Seymour Hersh, and I especially applaud his scholarship on King Sejong - - leaders like King Sejong and President Kennedy occur too infrequently in history!