“ Even in former days, Korea was known as the 'hermit kingdom' for its stubborn resistance to outsiders. And if you wanted to create a totally isolated and hermetic society, northern Korea in the years… Christopher Hitchens
“ I saw exactly one picture of Marx and one of Lenin in my whole stay, but it's been a long time since ideology had anything to do with it. Not without cunning, Fat Man and Little Boy gradually mutated… Christopher Hitchens
“ Those who suffer terrible wars have a finer sense of when they begin and when they end. Bruce Cumings
“ The most dangerous thing to the USA population is not North Korea, it is the USA government. Steven Magee
“ It was this war and not World War II which established a far-flung American base structure abroad and a national security state at home, as defence spending nearly quadrupled in the last six months of… Bruce Cumings
“ Eventually the Korean War will be understood as one of the most destructive and one of the most important wars of the twentieth century. Bruce Cumings
