Podcasts History School of War Ep 56: Ronald H. Spector and the Chaos of Postwar Asia

Ep 56: Ronald H. Spector and the Chaos of Postwar Asia

Published: Jan. 10, 2023, 9:30 a.m.

Ronald H. Spector, Professor Emeritus of History at George Washington University and author of A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in Postwar Asia, 1945-1955, joins the show to discuss the fall of Japan, the spread of Communism, and the role of the United States in postwar Asia.\n\u25aa\ufe0f\nTimes\xa0\n\u2022\t01:34\xa0Introduction\n\u2022\t05:57 No clear plan\n\u2022\t08:30 The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere\n\u2022\t10:51 The Indian National Army\xa0\n\u2022\t12:12 Marines in North China\xa0\n\u2022\t15:49 Levels of violence\n\u2022\t17:24 Was 1949 preventable?\n\u2022\t22:32 U.S. attitudes towards Korea\xa0\n\u2022\t26:25 Kim Il-sung\n\u2022\t28:17 Ho Chi Minh goes to Moscow\n\u2022\t31:08 Stopping the spread of communism\xa0\n\u2022\t33:03 Reconstruction\xa0\n\u2022\t35:09 Post 1955