How the Korean War Prevented a Nuclear World War III

War is Boring ^ | October 8, 2015 | Matthew Gault

[C19fan]

Many companies and business publish internal newsletters or magazines, and America’s intelligence services are no different. The CIA runs the pulpy fount of weirdness that is Studies in Intelligence while the NSA puts out the Cryptologic Quarterly.

The agencies often declassify and digitize back issues of these magazines for the public. The articles are a wealth of weird, wonderful and fascinating takes on historic and current events written by people who have access to secret information not privy to the public.

A recently declassified article from a 2000 issue of Cryptologic Quarterly is a doozy.

[C19fan]

Interesting story about the US intervention to save South Korea prompted Stalin to abandon plans to invade Yugoslavia to take out the "heretic" Tito. I luved the Soviet Plan for the invasion of the Yugos. The Hungarians would be the first echelon cannon fodder to pierce the Yugo lines then the 2nd echelon Red Army mechanized forces would do their deep operations. I am sure the Hungarians were happy with that.

[Jonty30]

Small wars help prevent big wars. The surest way to have a big war is to not engage in small wars.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Wilderness of mirrors. No one inside the CIA knows what to believe.