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The Obama administration promises victory in ‘The Good War.’

America runs its war in Afghanistan on the cheap — and subcontracts to crooks, kingpins, and gangsters.

The Bush administration unleashes the first war of the 21st century.

The Afghan jihad spreads to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America.

The warlord years, and the rise of the Taliban.

Operation Cyclone whips through Afghanistan — until a deal is finally struck.

The USSR invades, and the Safari Club kicks things up a notch.

The build-up to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Welcome to Season 4: Afghanistan.

The armistice in Korea is supposed to be temporary. But a peace treaty never comes. As decades roll on, the war becomes permanent.

Stalemate on the battlefield does not stop the United States from obliterating North Korea.

President Truman and his “Big General in the Far East” enter their final standoff over the war.

The US threatens to cross the Yalu. The Chinese leadership debates its options in Korea.

Gen. MacArthur executes his revenge.

With a rightwing, US-backed klepto-case to his South, Kim Il-Sung bets the house.

The war before the war on a self-reliant island off South Korea.

Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/4e9hkmGdDhycmgcGKe3bF0?si=d97_H1fvS5CV84ZvcEhZqQ

After a flash of hope post-WWII Korea is divided into North and South.

A pocket-sized history of the Korean peninsula, the upstart US and Japanese empires, and World War II.

Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/4e9hkmGdDhycmgcGKe3bF0?si=d97_H1fvS5CV84ZvcEhZqQ

A new season, a new story: The Korean War. To listen to the rest of season 3 right now, visit www.blowback.show