The revival of a classic work of journalism which exposes the gap
between the official story and reality
Proxy wars, it
seems, are more openly practiced than ever-and yet one of the worst
of these was suppressed and "forgotten" even in its own
time. At the height of the McCarthy era and the inception of the Cold
War, the great journalist I.F. Stone released The Hidden History
of the Korean War, a courageous work of investigative journalism
that demolished the official story of America's so-called "forgotten
war." As the war spiraled to its conclusion, Stone closely
analyzed openly available U.S. intelligence narratives on the war's
official start, and the actions of key players like John Foster
Dulles, General Douglas MacArthur, and Chiang Kai-shek. The result of
his investigations was a controversial book that raised questions
about the origin of the war, made a case that the U.S. government had
manipulated the United Nations, and gave evidence that the U.S.
military and South Korean oligarchy dragged out the war by sabotaging
peace talks. With a new introduction by Tim Beal and Greg Elich, 70
years after its initial publication The Hidden History of the
Korean War remains a powerful dissemination of the 'hidden
history' behind the dominant historical narrative, as relevant as
ever.