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Immovable Object: North Korea’s 70 years at War with American Power
Exposé of Washington's malign operations on Korean Peninsula over the decades
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AS AB Abrams points out in his book Immovable Object, by launching a war on Korea in 1950, the United States and its allies succeeded in preventing the imminent peaceful reunification of the country and the holding of elections.
According to sources ranging from the CIA to the Kremlin, the elections would have brought about a democratic victory for the North Korean government, due to its considerable popularity among the southern population.
But, just as later in Vietnam, US aggression prevented a popularly elected government peacefully and democratically reunifying the country.
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