September 30, 2007
guest article
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The Korean War
by Kenneth L
http://plusultraspain.blogspot.com/
In North Korea, it’s known as the Fatherland Liberation War. In China, it’s called the War to Resist America and Aid Korea. In the US, it was long referred to as a “police action”, or the Korean Conflict, to avoid necessitating a declaration of war from Congress (though now “Korean War” is the generally acknowledged term). If anything, it is the Forgotten War, the one that people can generally name but don’t know anything about.
More than an expansionist war between North and South Korea, it was a proxy battleground where the major fighters were Communism and Democracy, climaxing the early tensions of the Cold War in a protracted and ultimately pointless fight that served for little more than to maintain the status quo in Korea. But what was the status quo, and how did it come to be the status quo?
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September 28, 2007
behind the scenes
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It’s that time again. Bob Wright (Baseball History Podcast) and I will be podcasting direct from the floor of the Podcast Expo on:
Saturday, September 29th at 1:30 PM Pacific Time
If you can make it to the expo please do and meet us. We will be at booth numbers (combined booths this year): 607-608, 611. They are against the wall on the same side as the presentation stage. Click here for a floor plan.
If you can not make it to the expo, we would still like to have you participate via TalkShoe.
Phone Number: (724) 444-7444
Talkcast ID: 52297
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/tscmd/tc/52297
More information will be posted out on OCPodcasters.com leading up to and throughout the expo. You can also, subscribe to our twitter feed while we are there.
September 28, 2007
podcast
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Listen to the latest installment of History Podcast. This episode is a request from Andrew Turnier via email.
More Information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine-American_War
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/9782/
Source: http://opmanong.ssc.hawaii.edu/filipino/philam.html
Philippine-American War [18:55m]:
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September 28, 2007
Blogroll, behind the scenes
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Hello, and welcome to the new site. I decided to redeisgn the website using wordpress, xml and php so that it would be easier to update for me and easier to navigate for you the podcast listener. Please visit the new Episode list, where you can see all the notes from every episode. There is a lot of information there and I will continue to update it. Please email me and let me know what you think about this new website. Enjoy!
