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The History of the Cold War Podcast

May 15, 2019

In this episode, we examine the fall of MacArthur and the rise of General Matthew Ridgway. We explore the events of the Korean War in the Spring of 1951 through their inverse relationship. Reviewing the change to us strategy in the period, China's failed to push to win and the US counterattack to retake Seoul....


May 1, 2019

This episode we examine China's decision to take a series of gambles in response to the US. First Mao gambles on entry into the war, shocking the Americans and pushing them back to the 38th, followed by Mao's gamble that the weight of Chinese forces could push the Americans off the Korean Penisula.