Papers on that War: Cold Warfare VI

United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North—a real American hero? Perhaps. The struggle for freedom in Central America and the Caribbean was a turning point in the Cold War. North played a role in it. Your author studied it from the Army War College Strategic Studies Institute in 1983, and later as a Political Science undergrad in 1987-88. The results of those experiences are contained herein. Was Pacalo’s 1983 research paper stolen by the Iran Contra-Net? This is undoubtable.


General Douglas MacArthur made a grab for world power during the Korean Conflict. The United States nuked Japan in WWII. MacArthur became the de facto dictator there. The general plotted to dump dozens of nukes on China. Who would have taken power there afterwards? MacArthur sought to implicate the Soviets in the Korean War, can we assume he would have nuked them too, and taken over there?