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Bruce Cumings (born September 5, 1943) is an American historian of East Asia, professor, lecturer and author. He is the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in History, and the former chair of the history department at the University of Chicago.
Bruce Cumings's research and teaching focus on modern Korean history, twentieth-century international history, US–East Asian relations, East Asian political economy, and American foreign relations.
Bruce Cumings is a renowned historian of Korea, U.S.-East Asian relations and American foreign policy. He has written several books on these topics, including The Origins of the Korean War and North Korea: Another Country.
Jun 26, 2020 · On June 25, 2020, the 70th anniversary of what is officially known as the start of the Korean War, preeminent Korea historian Bruce Cumings discussed the neglected history of the unresolved war...
Jul 21, 2010 · Mr. Cumings likens the indiscriminate American bombing of North Korea to genocide. He writes that American soldiers took part in, or observed, civilian atrocities not dissimilar...
Jul 27, 2010 · For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953 that has long been overshadowed by World War II, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. But as Bruce Cumings eloquently explains, for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long fight that still haunts contemporary events.
May 30, 2024 · Bruce Cumings is a historian and educator at the University of Chicago, specializing in modern Korean history and US-East Asian relations. He has won several awards and fellowships for his research and teaching, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
