Deciding to aid South Korea in the Korean War has drastically changed the lives of many people.   ... Many countries were involved in the Korean War. The North Korean side was backed, the People's Republic of China, and the Soviet Union. ... People began calling the Korean War, "The No-Win War," ""Truman's War" "and"The Democrats War."" ... Compared to these major wars, the Korean War wasn't as important at the time. ...

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The U.S. was also involved in the Korean War along with other countries the United States also contributed to the reconstruction of South Korea. ... The war affected the country, the people, and the nation. ... The result was that they brought down major parts of the area they were attacking. ... America did however; claim this to be their first defeat in a major battle (Berkeley. 1 edu.). ... Historians have estimated that 4 million North and South Koreans died during the Korean War. ...

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THE KOREAN WAR" WHY DID WE FIGHT IN KOREA? ... We first entered the war on June 25, 1950 because the United States felt that if Russia's troops would fight for North Korea, we should fight for South Korea. ... One of the main commanders involved in the Korean War was Major General William "Big Bill" Dean, commander of the U.S. 24th Infantry Division , a combat veteran of World War II and former military governor of South Korea. ... I disagree with the people who said we should enter the war. ... Many people died, and the U.S. did not even, necessarily, win. ...

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Korea was engaged in a civil war as an attempt to keep North Korea from thrusting its influence on South Korea. ... After the 38th was crossed putting the US and South Korean forces in the North , China threatened to send troops in to defend North Korea. ... Some people questioned whether this would evolve into World War III. ... China lost 967,000, and North Korea lost 624,000. ... Not only this, but North and South Korea were left in ruins. ...

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During the war, the north pushed deep into South Korea but the south managed to push them out and up into North Korea. ... The Korean War began in 1950 when the south was invaded by the north. ... During the Korean War, North Korea may have used nuclear weapons on the south, if they had them. ... This is evidence that North Korea's program is more advanced than most people thought and it shows that there is a threat from North Korea. ... During the Korean War, the U.S. fought on the side of South Korea and China was on North Korea's side. ...

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People have died. ... Korea From the day when North Koreans attacked South Korea on June 25, 1950 to the day of the armistice on July 27, 1953, the events of the Korean War revealed the mass destruction, pain, and suffering Koreans had to endure. ... The second phase of the Korean War was essentially the Southern unit's attack and retreat from North Korea. ... On June 25, 1950 at 4 a.m., 70,000 North Korean troops crossed the thirty-eighth parallel. ... One can only imagine the chaos not only in Seoul, which exchanged hands 4 times, but also in every major city in both North and Sou...

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From 1946 to 1972 the USA was a major obstacle to China's objectives. ... USA and China were hostile up to the 1950's during the Korean War, as they were against each other, where China was with North Korea supporting communism and USA was preserving the integrity of South Korea (see Appendix A, Cowie H.R, (1980), Asia and Australia in World Affairs, Australia, page 100. Map showing who were supporting South Korea and North Korea in the Korean War, in June 1950), where the CCP recognised the importance of relations with their powerful communist neighbour; USSR. ... Map showing who we...

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The Nuclear arms race, covert operations, and the Korean War all played rolls in the tension which led to the Cold War. ... The Korean War was a major cause of the Cold War. North Korea was backed by the communist countries, The Soviet Union and China. ... The Chinese were the major supporters of the North Koreans. ... In addition to supplying North Korea with weapons, the Soviet Union further angered the U.S. by its intention to manufacture nuclear weapons. ...

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The term "Cold War" means a war fought on every front except actual fighting. ... However it is difficult to see this as an actual cause of the Cold War, as the world was very different then, than it is in the twentieth century and it didn't involved the U.S. ... It is possible to say that the Cold War was a war of Communism versus Capitalism. ... Pg. 39) As the great depression was classed as a cause of World War II and as the depression was caused by capitalism, people thought capitalism may be a cause of a possible next World War. ... Truman said, "I believe it must be the policy...

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" I intend to start by looking at the root of the idea and how its history manages to evoke passionate responses of American Nationalism in the transition period between the end of World War One and the Cold War. ... I shall then move onto the Cold War itself, identifying the use of exceptionalism in three key areas; warfare (with specific focus on the Korean War), an ideological persuasion of weak nations (particularly the vulnerable west Germany) and finally in political negotiation and discourse between Khrushchev and Eisenhower. The Constitution's Involvement in Exceptionalism...

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The French Revolution, opened up peoples minds to enlightenment, and World War I was the first to have battles of modern warfare. ... Originally President Kennedy did not want to get involved with the conflict in Vietnam. ... After World War II and The Korean Conflict, the last thing U.S. citizens wanted was for the government to send troops into Vietnam. ... South Vietnam was aided by a coalition of forces including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. ... There was an increasing sense among many people that the government was misleading the American people about a ...

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This was the first time people were actually concerned about communism spreading which lasted until 1991, the end of the cold war. ... Finally in 1949, NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was formed. ... Then China had a large role in spreading communism to Korea (Doc H). ... As South Korea being the capitalist country, and North Korea being the Communist country. ... People started to practice air-raid procedures, and some people built underground fallout shelters. ...

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Most of the people McCarthy accused were convicted. ... The U.S. got involved with Korea and Vietnam, both communist nations, and tried to occupy and convert them with new governments. The Korean conflict ended at the 38th parallel dividing the north and the south. ... Many blacks moved to the north, Chicago in particular, to get work and escape segregation. ... Business is good in the 60's with major tax cuts and the economy took off. ...

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