Presidents Truman and his "Big General in the Far East" enter their final standoff over the war. To support the show & more go to: https://blowback.show/ Sources: War Trash, Ha Jin, 2004. The Korean War at Fifty, ed. Mark F. Wilkinson, 2004. Rebel Journalism: The Writings of Wilfred Burchett, ed. George Burchett, Nick Shimmin, 2007. Mao’s Generals Remember Korea, ed. Xiaobing Li, Allan R. Millett, and Bin Yu, 2001. The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War: The Untold History, Monica Kim, 2019. Douglas MacArthur: The Far Eastern General, Michael Schaller, 1989. The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate": The CIA and Mind Control: The Secret History of the Behavioral Sciences by John Marks, 1979. “Biological Warfare in the Korean War: Allegations and Cover-up,” Thomas Powell, Socialism and Democracy, 2017. “Road to Empire: POWs and Total War in Korea,” Thomas Powell, Socialism and Democracy, 2021. A Plague Upon Humanity: The Hidden History of Japan's Biological Warfare Program by Daniel Barenblatt, 2005. Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act by Nicholson Baker, 2021. “Secret History: U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps Flyers’ Confessions on Use of Biological Weapons in the Korean War,” Jeffrey Kaye, 2021. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIGLtIOQ6WM

The war before the war on a self-reliant island off South Korea. To support the show & more go to: https://blowback.show/ Sources: This Monstrous War, Wilfred G. Burchett, 1953. Korea’s Grievous War, Su-kyoung Hwang, 2016. Memoirs of Nikita Krushchev Vol. 3, ed. Sergei Krushchev, 2007. Memoirs, Andrei Gromyko, 1989. Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950, Suzy Kim, 2013. For Might and Right: Cold War Defense Spending and the Remaking of American Democracy by Michael Brenes, 2020. “Progressives Here Tonight for Rally at Court House,” The Daily Independent, Murphysboro, Illinois, Sept. 3, 1948. The Truman Era, 1945-1952: A Nonconformist History of Our Times by I.F. Stone, 1988. The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon, by Anthony Summers with Robbyn Swan, 2000. The Facts About Nixon, by William Costello 1960. “Central Intelligence Agency, ORE 15/48, 'The Current Situation in Korea',” March 18, 1948. “Nixon Enters Senate Race,” Weekly Times-Advocate, Escondido, California, Nov. 4, 1949. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCryt_Hw-rM

Welcome to the Green Zone, where America rules from Saddam;s old palace. The US occupation begins the destruction of Iraq, Rudy Giuliani almost becomes Viceroy, and Halliburton hunts and kills baby kittens. To support the show & more go to: https://blowback.show/ Sources: Imperial Life in the Emerald City, Rajiv Chandrasekeran, 2006. Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq, Dahr Jamail, 2007. Out of the Ashes, Andrew and Patrick Cockburn, 1999. Night Draws Near, Anthony Shadid, 2005. “U.S. Troops Fire on Iraqi Protesters, Leaving 15 Dead,” Ian Fisher, The New York Times, 2003. Plan of Attack, Bob Woodward, 2004. State of Denial, Bob Woodward, 2006. Imperial Crusades: Iraq, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia: a Diary of Three Wars, Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair, 2004. Carbon Democracy, Timothy Mitchell, 2006. War and Decision, Douglas Feith, 2008. The Man Who Pushed America To War, Aram Roston, 2008. “Iraq Survey Group Report,” Iraq Survey Group, 2004. “Freedom Message to the Iraqi People,” US Central Command, 2003. “Iraq's de-Baathification still haunts the country,” Miranda Sissons and Abdulrazzaq Al-Saiedi, Al Jazeera, 2013. “Rebuilding Iraq: Economic Reform and Transition,” World Bank, 2006. “The Reconstruction of Iraq after 2003,” Hideki Matsunaga, World Bank, 2019. McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld, Misha Glenny, 2008. “Iraq Study Group Report,” Iraq Study Group, 2006. “British troops hurt in Basra clashes,” Tom Whitehead, The Independent, 2004. “Hussein Warned Iraqis to Beware Outside Fighters, Document Says,” James Risen, New York Times, 2004. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h48FlWf4zos

The second part of our interview with journalists Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould. To support the show & more go to: https://blowback.show/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O20Iws9kpg