Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Secret cables from the United States embassy in Beijing have shown there was no bloodshed inside Tiananmen Square when China put down student pro-democracy demonstrations 22 years ago.
“James Miles, who was the BBC correspondent in Beijing at the time, admitted that he had “conveyed the wrong impression” and that “there was no massacre on Tiananmen Square. Protesters who were still in the square when the army reached it were allowed to leave after negotiations with martial law troops [ ...] There was no Tiananmen Square massacre, but there was a Beijing massacre”.
What!?
Why did he “convey the wrong impression”?
Well at least there was still a Beijing Massacre. I guess.
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Thursday, November 24th, 2011
A four part cartoon series chronicling China’s transition to capitalism. Really interesting.
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Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Analysis by William Rintz of Illinois Wesleyan university
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Sunday, September 18th, 2011
LBJs confession, straight from the horse’s mouth
LBJ Admits Murder of Diem
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Statement by General Marshall, January 7, 1947 (from The Department of State Bulletin, XV1, No. 394)
White Paper Excerpt: United States Position on China, August 1949
Mao’s Response to White Paper, “Cast Away Illusions and Prepare for Struggle”, August 14, 1949
Ted Grant on the Chinese Revolution
Students must be able to synthesize these documents. Establish connections between them.
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
Few outside countries have more at stake in the evolution of Iran’s political situation than the United States, which has been in a state of open enmity with the Islamic Republic for more than three decades. Threats of Iran-backed terrorism, Tehran’s apparent nuclear ambitions, and its evident aim of destabilizing American allies—chiefly Israel—are perpetually high on the list of US concerns in the region. Why is Iran so important to the US? What explains the enduring animosity between the two countries? Answers to these and other questions about the United States’ position in the region today can be found by looking back to the Cold War.
Read more about US Cold War Policy in Iran (4 pages)
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Saturday, December 11th, 2010
Here is my Vietnam War Lecture. Enjoy.
Lecture Outline:
- Imperial Roots
- On the Back of a Tiger
- The Arrogance of Power
- Opposition
- Peace with Honor
- Legacies
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