Stephen Gowans Patriots, Traitors and Empires The Story of Korea’s Fight for Freedom Baraka Books Montreal All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. © Baraka Books ISBN 978-1-77186-135-9 pbk; 978-1-77186-141-0 epub; 978-1-77186-142-7 pdf; 978-1-77186-143-4 mobi/pocket Book Design and Cover by Folio infographie Editing and proofreading: Bronwyn Averett and Robin Philpot Index: Sergey Lobachev Maps: Julie Benoît Back cover photo: Alamy Stock Legal Deposit, 2nd quarter 2018 Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec Library and Archives Canada Published by Baraka Books of Montreal 6977, rue Lacroix Montréal, Québec H4E 2V4 Telephone: 514 808-8504 [email protected] www.barakabooks.com Trade Distribution & Returns Canada and the United States Independent Publishers Group 1-800-888-4741 (IPG1); [email protected] We acknowledge the support from the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) and the Government of Quebec tax credit for book publishing administered by SODEC. Table des matières INTRODUCTION One Country—Two States CHAPTER 1 The Empire of Japan CHAPTER 2 Imperialism CHAPTER 3 The Patriot CHAPTER 4 The US Occupation CHAPTER 5 The Patriot State CHAPTER 6 The War Against Communists of the South CHAPTER 7 Suppressing a Worldwide Movement for Liberty, Equality and the Unity of Humankind CHAPTER 8 The Political Partition of Korea CHAPTER 9 The Campaign of 1950-1953 CHAPTER 10 The Anti-Communist Police State CHAPTER 11 Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific CHAPTER 12 US Supremacy’s All-Conquering March CHAPTER 13 Sabotaging an Alternative to the US-Led Global Economic Order CHAPTER 14 Byungjin CONCLUSION The First Real Holy War Bibliography The Koreans have as little use for an American Korea as they had for a Japanese one. They want a Korean Korea.