Ep 56: Ronald H. Spector and the Chaos of Postwar Asia
Ronald H. Spector, Professor Emeritus of History at George Washington University and author of A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955, joins the show to discuss the fall of Japan, the spread of Communism, and the role of the United States in postwar Asia.
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Show Notes
Ronald H. Spector, Professor Emeritus of History at George Washington University and author of A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955, joins the show to discuss the fall of Japan, the spread of Communism, and the role of the United States in postwar Asia.
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• 01:34 Introduction
• 05:57 No clear plan
• 08:30 The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
• 10:51 The Indian National Army
• 12:12 Marines in North China
• 15:49 Levels of violence
• 17:24 Was 1949 preventable?
• 22:32 U.S. attitudes towards Korea
• 26:25 Kim Il-sung
• 28:17 Ho Chi Minh goes to Moscow
• 31:08 Stopping the spread of communism
• 33:03 Reconstruction
• 35:09 Post 1955