The USSR then claimed that helping South Korea was illegal because the USSR and the People's Republic of China were not present during the voting. ... These warnings by the Chinese were ignored and on November 28, 1950 so called Chinese "volunteers" (the Chinese called their soldiers volunteers in hopes that it would not seem as if they were "officially" declaring war) made mass attacks sending the UN army back to the 38th parallel. It was the worst retreat in U.S. history. General MacArthur, however, still wanted to be aggressive against the Chinese. ... The Eisenhower administration dec...

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The USSR then claimed that helping South Korea was illegal because the USSR and the People's Republic of China were not present during the voting. ... These warnings by the Chinese were ignored and on November 28, 1950 so called Chinese "volunteers" (the Chinese called their soldiers volunteers in hopes that it would not seem as if they were "officially" declaring war) made mass attacks sending the UN army back to the 38th parallel. It was the worst retreat in U.S. history. General MacArthur, however, still wanted to be aggressive against the Chinese. ... The Eisenhower administration...

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Furthermore, shamanism emphasized Korea's unique role in history. ... Fourthly, Confucians looked forward to the final goal of history. ... Whereas Asians deny that history has meaning or purpose, the Biblical view is that history has a goal, we are told. Oriental philosophy of history is cyclical and therefore pessimistic while Western philosophy of history is linear and optimistic. However, Confucianism holds a very purposive interpretation of history. ...

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"If Korea had not been divided, its postwar history would have been very different; indeed, it is likely that the war would not have occurred" (Lee 2001:22). ... When the Japanese tightened their rule in the 1920's, the people began to migrate into Manchuria, China, and the U.S.S.R. ...

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The actual history dates back somewhere from 7000 to 3000 B.C. ... Until this time, Koreans used the Chinese script. ... The UN forces, composed largely of American troops, pushed the North Koreans back near the Chinese border. China, fearing that the UN forces would not stop gaining ground at the Korean border decided to join in on the side of North Korea. ... It is one of the bloodiest wars in history. ...

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If one were to discuss life after the Second World War, if they were not a historian would perhaps not talk much about Harry S. Truman as a major factor. Truman is ranked seventh among forty one presidents ranging from Washington to Clinton . Truman succeeded Roosevelt, after his death, and the da...

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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. ... In this survey 80% of Americans agreed with the statement "the United States has a unique character because of its history and Constitution that sets it apart from other nations as the greatest in the world....

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About 1 million Chinese died in this battle and American casualties numbered 54,246 people. ... The mujahidin were supported by aid from the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia, channelled through Pakistan, and from Iran. ...

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