Michael Pembroke was born in Sydney in 1955. He is the
author of Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy
(2013), which was short-listed for the Prime Minister's Literary
Awards, and Korea: Where the American Century Began (2018),
which was short-listed for the Queensland Literary Awards and the
NSW Premier's History Awards. He was educated at the Universities
of Sydney and Cambridge and was a Director's Visitor at the
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton in 2017. Pembroke is a
former Supreme Court judge (2010-20) and is now the Chairman of Red
Room Poetry.
Praise for Michael Pembroke and Korea: Where the American
Century Began:
'Started to read and just could not stop - Maddening,
painful...Perceptive and compelling - often heart-rending,
sometimes downright terrifying - this richly informed study amply
establishes its thesis that the 'permanent phenomenon' of American
global militarism has its origin in the Korean conflict.' - Noam
Chomsky
''I read it in one go on a plane journey - fascinated, educated,
appalled, amazed, and gripped. I take my hat off to the richness of
the research ... I came away from reading the book in equal parts
full of admiration for the book itself, and appalled by the story
it tells.' - A.C. Grayling
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