Korean War 1950-1953

The current system in place not allowing the military and intelligence communities to operate together because each are working from different authorities is another fine example of government inefficiency. It is crazy to think two agencies working for the same government cannot operate jointly to fight the same enemy because of micromanagement and bureaucratic roadblocks. It is troubling that in all this time our government has failed to adapt and change since 9/11 and continue to hinder the fight by outdated structure.

The U.S. Constitution provides power to the President and Congress to develop and enact national security policy (Ulrich, 1). As such our civilian leaders have the right and responsibility to maintain oversight of the military. Two civil-military relations theories, Normal and Clausewitzian, offer competing views. The Normal theory suggests officers are professionals and interference from civilian leaders is inappropriate (Cohen, 4). The Clausewitzian theory contends the statesman may inject himself in any aspect of military strategy since

* Until the country is more stable and law enforcement is effective, there will be ongoing concerns having to deal with corrupt military, police and government representatives.

The Korean War was an influential event that started in 1950 and caused a lot of controversy among Americans and Koreans. The war was caused by the US trying to preserve the Democratic side of Korea, the south side. The Koreans were not happy, however, and the Viet Kong and North Korean soldiers fought tooth and nail to get the Americans out of the country. There was eventually an end to the war of course but not without lots of casualties on both sides and a hostile environment around the border of the two countries.

The Korean War begun far before North Korea had launched their first assault upon South Korea. Nearing of the end of the Second World War, the Korean Peninsula had been under Japanese control. Soon enough it was liberated by both American and Soviet forces, the Soviets occupying the country north of the 38th Parallel, and the Americans south of it. After the war, neither the Koreans, Soviets, nor the Americans could agree on the country's government. This resulted in the foundation of the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the south and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north (Ohn Chang-Il, 23). The fact that neither the States nor the Soviets were willing to compromise on anything was a prime factor in the separation of the Korean Peninsula.

"The United States Enters the Korean War: June 27, 1950." Global Events: Milestone Events Throughout History, edited by Jennifer Stock, vol. 6: North America, Gale, 2014. U.S. History in Context, http://libraries.state.ma.us/login?gwurl=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/HJIITM449462747/UHIC?u=mlin_w_minnech&xid=3fc8c43a. Accessed 13 Dec. 2017.

Though the research shows that the governance of civilian contractors is a blurry line at best, and while a necessary evil, they are in many cases a danger to those around them if not properly supervised. That supervision is what the evidence will show is extremely difficult to achieve and makes joint operations even more tenuous…The hypotheses is that civilian contractors often answer to multiple sources of command. The research will point to the fact that this confusion of command cost time, effectiveness, and unfortunately even lives. It will also show that it makes determining success or failure much more difficult and tenuous. The hopes of the research and overall findings is that a direction will be found that can ease the tensions and the negative results and possibly find a better way of operating with civilian contractors.

The Korean War would be a radical step in fighting wars, as well as the feelings people had toward the war. All wars in American History fought before the Korean War were based on either national survival or the gain of territory. A strong conflict was created between the Soviet Union and the United States. From this conflict, tension was so strong that wars were fougt in the midst of this Cold War. The Korean War was the first America ever waged that was not fought for national survival, for territory, for manifest destiny or for hegemony. Korea was the first ideological war;" (Coppel, 505).

Over the course of history, the strategic environment has changed rapidly and is now more complex than ever before – it is currently characterized by unpredictability and disorder, and may yet manifest itself in the collapse of nuclear armed nations, destabilizing conflict in geo-politically vital regions, and humanitarian crises. A world of disparate actors – not all nation states – now exists. Unpredictable events will continue to cause strategic surprise. The widespread effects of past conflicts such as World War II, Vietnam and the Iraq war are still being felt and have created significant strategic repercussions. The failures of these conflicts are the result of our military and political leaders’ failure to quickly adapt to wartime conditions. This occurs because of a general refusal to commit to a military culture of learning that encourages serious debate, critical assessments of our military operations, and challenges to our doctrine in the face of emerging change. Additionally, leaders have struggled with the critical responsibility of forecasting and providing for a ready force, one that is well-resourced and prepared to conduct future operations. It is the responsibility of our military and political leaders to send our military to war with a ready force, and a strategy that will ultimately result in victory. But understanding war and warriors is critical if societies and governments are to make sound judgments concerning military policy.

The Korean War lasted only 3 years which did not leave a lot of time for the public to turn against the war due to it going on for a long time with no success. If the Korean War lasted longer it may have received more opposition due to the public thinking that the US was putting too many resources and lives on the line in a conflict that did not directly concern it. The Korean War may have also received more opposition if it went on for longer if Korea remained in a stalemate like it was in when the war happened. That could increase opposition because people would think that the US government was wasting resources and lives in a conflict that did not seem to be going towards US victory. That hypothetical situation is similar to what happened in the Vietnam

America being unprepared for the Korean War is very important to the world. America went into how was thinking the Koreans would not put up much of a fight. Since this error occurred the U.S. underestimated the technical strength needed. "So he snatched a bazooka himself, took aim and fired. To his shock, the rocket bounced off a tank. The 2.36-inch bazooka rockets the U.S. soldiers had been given could not penetrate the heavy armor of the T-34 tanks."(Washington Post) After the Koreans came in with the tanks the U.S. soldiers could not destroy them. This resulted in the soldiers retreating from the tanks. Next the U.S. soldiers we also not properly

The function of the military forces for the United States has had no choice but to evolve as wars wax and wane. As the rise of militant terrorist groups became a threat to the United States and its allies, the armed forces of the United States were deployed by the President to countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq. Instability in these countries threatened bordering allies, and after September 11, 2001, the threat was brought to U.S. soil. Each president from Clinton to Obama has had to shape the policy of how the armed forces fit into civil-military policies abroad and overseas. In a war time environment, such as Iraq, the purpose of how the military should be deployed is easier to clearly state. But in times when there is no imminent threat, it is much more difficult to transition

Russia and the United States began their relationship as allies when Russia disregarded the non aggression pact they signed with Germany in 1939, effectively sealing Germany’s fate in World War II.

(Korean War) Yet as the Americans were trying to push the North Koreans out of the south altogether, “American troops crossed the boundary and headed north toward the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and Communist China, the Chinese started to worry about protecting themselves from what they called “armed aggression against Chinese territory”. Chinese leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976) sent troops to North Korea and warned the United States to keep away from the Yalu boundary unless it wanted full-scale war” (Korean War). During this time the Allies decided that the Korean War was about “liberating” South Korea from communism, and Truman and General MacArthur followed this successful strategy. (Korean