Nuclear War: The Korean War

While World War II ended all worries and hardships Americans faced, events gradually initiated signs of the Cold War which created an increased state of tension that swept all of America and Korea. During the 1940s, the potential Communist invasion of nations worldwide began to create a frightening reality to the people of the United States. The Soviet Union’s exportation of Communism greatly worried America as they wanted to contain Communism from all nations, especially nations in Asia. The Korean peninsula divided into two territories: a north, Soviet supported government, and a south, American supported government, a separation as a result of World War II. The Soviet Union invaded Korea, which had been under Japanese control since 1900; fearing the Soviet’s intention to seize the entire peninsula, the United States responded by quickly sending in their troops to South Korea. Truman’s decision to become involved in conflicts in Korea grew out of the Soviet Union’s radical actions, events in Asia, and internal criticism in the Truman Administration in America, providing him with an opportunity to defend a nation from a communist invasion.

“The Coldest Winter: America and The Korean War,” written by journalist and historian David Halberstam, sheds light on the Korean War, which has been referred to as The “back hole of modern American history” (Halberstam, D). Halberstam, a graduate from Harvard University and Pulitzer Prize winner for his coverage on the Vietnam War, wrote “The Coldest Winter,” due to his desire “to resurrect a war ‘orphaned by history,’ a war that was cruel and inconclusive and claimed the lives of 33,000 American soldiers, 415,000 South Koreans, and about 1.5 million North Korean and Chinese troops’ ”(Frankel, 2007).

The United States has fought in many wars throughout the years. The Korean War took place from 1950-1953. It has also been called the forgotten war, as people do not recognize it like the Second World War, the Vietnam War or the Gulf War. This battle consisted of North Korea, South Korea and the United States. It was fought on sea, land and air. The Korean War was a clash between the Communist forces and the free world.

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).

The Korean War is a forgotten conflict in American history in which this conflict was followed by World War II in 1950. The United States didn’t enter World War II until the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. World War II has ended resulting in the United States defeating Nazi Germany, in support of allies of the United States in coordination with the United Nations. The citizens of America have peace and prosperity now that their G.I.s are home. However, there is still tension between the United States and the communist Soviet Union. During the mid 1940s countries that had conflicts with each other have now been resolved. North and South Korea, one country, only divided by its regions, do not like

The reason I am writing my research paper on the Korean War is because I am interested in Korean history also the Korean War had many significances to American history because it was the first physical war to take place during the Cold War. It was also the first war the United Nations entered with many countries coming to add the First Republic of Korea. This war was not about winning but rather it was for stopping the spread of communism. The United States government feared communism because it threatened the American Ideal of freedom, liberty and economics while communism was a government that oppressed its people and controlled their economy. America theorized that the spread of communism would be similar to the domino effect when one country falls to communism the neighboring country would fall too. The United States was worried all of Korea would fall to communism and the only was to defeat communism was to hold South Korea and keep its republic government intact. Another significance it holds would be how would the countries who signed the NATO react if the United States allowed Korea to be conquered. The Korean war shows the United States as the world’s police because the U.S. helped South Korea when the North invaded and having the United Nation help.

The Cold War was the greatest example of Nuclear Deterrence in history. The U.S. and Russia, had threatened nuclear war as a deterrence for almost fifty years. Next, we will evaluate logical fallacies, inform what it means to be a Strategic Airmen as well as how this course maintains my strategic focus in the conclusion.

Several factors influenced the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States, such as the Yalta Conference and the Korean War. These events played a role in diminishing the former allies relationship.

While Nuclear energy may have been beneficial to the American government and its citizens in some ways, it reshaped the way Americans and the United States Government thought of the role of citizens in Nuclear America. Americans could not rely on their government to keep them safe anymore and the government, through misguided attempts at preserving and improving the citizens’ lives, were putting those very lives at risk.

Since the Korean War began the Soviet Union invaded the part of northern korea, when right after World War II ended the cold war have created tensions between Korea and U.S.S.R. The American people feared that communist invaded lots of countries in East for a reason the communist formed as what they believed every sources of other nations should be trade internationally. So America put a new policy “containment” as set for preventions of Joseph Stalin planned invading the part of Korea. Back in the year of 1910 the Japanese terrorized the korea but then they surrendered them on the Soviet Union to Northern Korea and become the axis powers, the United States to South Korea and they part of the allied powers. The both sides had a decision

According to Robert, without Korean War there would be a huge difference in the world’s history. In addition to that Robert also stated “the Korean war shaped the course of the cold war by both resolving the incoherence which characterized U.S. foreign and defense efforts in the period 1946-1950 and establishing important new lines of policy”(1980). The Korean War led to the changes of policy through three processes in changes on the domestic political situation, defense budget and NATO. The domestic policy changes let the leader of the country to do whatever they wanted to do before (Robert,

The Korean War was described to be one of the main reasons how the Cold War became a global conflict in 1945. The main conflict of the Korean War was the disagreement of Communism between North and South Korea. North Korea followed Communism and wanted South Korea to be under the same type of government. As South Korea refused to have Communism in their country, it led North Korea to take action, by using violence. With the help of the Soviet Union and China helping the North, South Korea looks to the United States for aid into helping them with this conflict (Lin Lin). The United States decision to be involved in the Korean War was due to the fact it started with Communism and they wanted to prevent the influence of it from spreading.

The Vietnam War (1962-1975) was a part of the time where the fears of the Cold War was ripe. The U.S.’s foreign policy was focused on the containment of Soviet expansion around the world. The U.S. saw this expansion as the main threat to the west and to global security. To understand the U.S. fears during this war, one must understand the previous conflict that occurred in Korea.

The Korean War wasn't just a war between South and North Korea, it also involved the United Nations, China, and the USSR. The Cold War was a war between the USSR and the USA. The reason it is called the Cold War is because it wasn't really a war, it was just a bunch of threats with nuclear weapons. In this paper I will talk about some of the biggest battles in the Korean War: the battle of Pusan Perimeter, the battle of Inchon, and the battle of Chosin Reservoir.

People in North Korea immigrate to other countries because of these reasons, starvation within the country, a drought that’s been going on for a while, and freedom. North Korea takes the people 's rights away, and starves them because they only care for the leader Kim Jung-Un. The drought in the country has been going on for over a century, but they still have not overcome it. Freedom is stripped in North Korea and people can not choose what they want to do because they could be killed. Immigration happens in North Korea, because of starvation, a drought that 's been going on for a century, and a lack of freedom within the country.