The Classicist

The Classicist: Understanding North Korea

How to think about the threat from Pyongyang.

The ClassicistAugust 8, 2017
The Classicist: Understanding North Korea

Victor Davis Hanson looks at the the threat North Korea poses to the US and our Asian allies, explains how 30 years of bipartisan failures led us to this point, and describes the horrors that would accompany a war on the Korean Peninsula.

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Victor Davis Hanson

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