At a meeting of the UN Security Council, a unanimous decision to render assistance to South Korean was made, and to help repel communist spread. ... To the UN, it was important to maintain influence over south Korea, as it is a very strategic location, sitting between Japan, the soviet union, and communist giant china. ... All the while, Mao Zedong, emperor of Communist china, began to get nervous about the rapidly advancing and confident UN soldiers. ... As the US soldiers reached the Chosin resovior, they were caught by an ambush of over 100,000 communist troops. ... The US entrance into...

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In their northern zone the Soviets set up a puppet Communist clique and trained a Communist army, Deter minded to prevent the formation of a free South Korean government, the Russians fought against its establishment. ... So, UN forces were establishing positions along the 38th parallel against invading Communist forces, which included Chinese communist troops. ... We could prevent Communists in the time. ... But Truman thought these that "The Communist side must now choose its course of action. The Communist rulers may press the attack against us. ...

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"What do the Chinese Communists want? ... It is because of China's strive to be a hegemony in the world and because of the clashing of the capitalist vs. communist ideologies in their foreign policies, that caused hostility between the liberal-capitalist USA and the communist China through 1949 to 1991. ... From 1949 China was ruled by communist dictator Mao Zedong. ... In contrast the communist leadership appeared purposeful and resolute; its followers were loyal and dedicated. ... It can be seen through the Chinese foreign policy, written in the times when Mao Zedong was the leader ...

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Communist expansion has been feared much by the United States, especially after the Korean War. ... American leaders felt that United States should stand as a firm power against any communist advance. ... (Dodd 810) More third world countries fall into the communist hands in 1960's that ever before. ... Pro-communist guerilla movements spread across South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. ... One of the most famous examples would be Che Guevara fighting for communist revolution in Bolivia. ...

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Foreign relations and the communist scare were the centerpieces during Truman's presidency. One of the most important tactics to counter communist influence was the introduction of the Marshall Plan (Divine 670). ... From a political standpoint, the Americans believed that Communist China was behind the attack of the 38th parallel (Ferrell 112). After China was passed under Communist control in 1949, the Marshall Plan was willing to give Nationalist China 400 million dollars for economic and military aid to fight off the Communists (Ferrell 113). ... This meant at any time, the Koreans co...

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Unlike America, North Korea, which is a communist country, is ranked 197 on the list of countries based on growth domestic product. ... It is currently a communist state under the dictatorship of Kim Jong Un. The political system is originally modeled after the communist Soviet Union. ... According to cia.com, the communist Vietnamese government is also usually described as authoritarian. Vietnam ruled by the Vietnamese Communist Party, the only legal political party in the country. ...

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To combat the threat of communism, Australia joined two anti-communist alliances. ... The threat was perceived because of the "domino theory", which was the theory that as one country became communist, the next would and so on. This was shown to be happening when at first China and the North Korea and then Vietnam became communist. ... Examples of this was the Korean War in 1950 during which the communist forces which occupied North Korea, which was run by communist Russia, crossed the border and invaded South Korea, which was run by the USA. Forces from Australia immediately moved into the co...

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In 1949, China fell into Mao Zedong's communist forces. More than 500 million Chinese and 220 million soviets lived under communist rule. ... North Korea believed a communist government was the most beneficial government to live under. ... The 38th parallel divided the capitalist Southern part of Korea and the communist Northern part of Korea. ... All three of these countries were communist. ...

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Truman wanted to maintain the status quo; he wanted to contain communist forces along the 38th parallel and prevent any further incursion into the south. ... Once night had fallen U.N troops ventured out into no-mans land under the cover of night to locate and eliminate any communist troops in the area. ... Though Americans were not fighting the Koreans or the Chinese in Vietnam, the Americans were still fighting communist forces. ... The communists in both Korea and Vietnam took advantage of the American Armies weakness at defending itself against guerilla style attacks. ... Links between bot...

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The North has adopted a communist government, while the South runs a capitalist government. ... The North, for example, has invaded the South on more than one occasion, trying to implement a communist government on the entire peninsula. ... Cheap migrant labor from the communist side offset the German economy for a period of time, and in North Korea the cheap labor would be several times the amount that of East Germany. ... In my opinion it is very sad how many Koreans prefer to blame the communist government of the North Korea for its situation, and yet forget that the communist government w...

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Americans were so fearful of a communist foothold in Latin America that a statement with echoes of the Monroe Doctrine was made asserting that any spread of communism in the Americas was a direct threat to the sovereignty and independence of the American people, endangering peace. ... Given the situation of the Cold War it could be inferred that the communist opposition in Moscow would attribute the same logic to the situation. ... Because of the propaganda created by men like Joseph McCarthy in Washington, Americans fear that even their close friends and neighbors could be secret communist pa...

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He wanted to continue the fighting past the 38th parallel advancing all the way to the Yalu River, separating Korea and Communist China. ... With the reassurance of the White House, on September 27, Truman gave MacArthur permission to pursue the communists into their own territory. ... The Chinese Communist regime protested the advancement of troops beyond the 38th parallel. ...

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One of the main reasons for war was that South Korea was an anti-communist country while South Korea was a Communist county. ... He was an anti-Communist, there was more fighting under Rhee's control. ...

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Eisenhower's job was to unite military organizations in Western Europe to develop anti-communist sentiment. ... North Korea, the communist country, broke away from South Korea on June 25, 1950. ...

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In the early sixties the public opinion was favourable towards USA's involvement in the war. From 64-65 a poll showed that 80 percent of the population agreed with Johnson and were for the war. America at this time saw it's-self as the "good guys" in the war, the ones who were there to defend the Vi...

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The American government was created on righteous morals created out of the ashes of governments of the past that had failed such as, Romans, the Greeks, and the Egyptians. Many great and brilliant minds were put together to come up with a government based around, liberty, equality, and the pursuit o...

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Photographs do not lie; they represent the truest and most objective form of journalism, because of this, the work of photojournalists in the Vietnam War was the main influence of changing views on the home front, which made the war end earlier. There were many photojournalists in the war, but Larry...

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