The Hidden History of the Korean War

Stone, I[sidor] F[einstein] [Signed]; Huberman, Leo and Sweezy, Paul M. [Publisher's Foreword]

Published by Monthly Review Press, New York, 1952

About this Item

Signed and inscribed by I.F. Stone [1907-1989] upon front free endpaper. "Much about the Korean War is still hidden, and much will long remain hidden. I believe I have succeeded in throwing new light on its origins, on the operations of MacArthur and Dulles, on the weaknesses of Truman and Acheson, on the way the Chinese were provoked to intervene, and on the way the truce talks have been dragged out and the issues muddied by American military men hostile from the first to negotiations." - Author's Preface. "It is at once a tour de force of research, a brilliant piece of interpretation, and last but not least an exciting story. If enough Americans will read it, we are convinced that it can become one of those rare documents which, like Zola's 'J'accuse', play a role in shaping history." - Publisher's Foreword. "A controversial work which maintains that the War was actually brought about by a US-South Korean conspiracy - a charge later to be embraced to varying degrees by revisionist historians. Based on official US and UN documents and American and British newspapers." - K.D. McFarland. In recent years this title has been assigned a prestigious place on the 'Forbidden Bookshelf', a short list of American books once 'vanished' by state and corporate entities but now being revived with a view to providing a better understanding of America's past and how her future course might be corrected. The publisher's note to a 1971 reprint states that, upon its original appearance in 1952, this book met with an almost complete press blackout and boycott. xviii, [2], 364 p. References. Index. Map. Tight, clean and unmarked. Nibbling to top edge of back board, otherwise moderate wear to original blue cloth. Above-average wear to complete dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound signed copy. Edwards 710, Millett p.129-130, McFarland 418, Select Bibliography of Revisionist Books p.28.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Korean War 1950-1953, North Korea - History, South Korea - History, Syngman Rhee, General Douglas MacArthur, John Foster Dulles, Harry Truman, United Nations, Stalin, Dean Acheson; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hidden History of the Korean War
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1952
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Manso, Leo
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Conspiracy
  • History
  • Military