Cold War
Cold War | The War in Korea Should Be Limited
On June 25, 1950, Communist North Korea invaded democratic South Korea. U.S. president Harry S. Truman convinced the United Nations (UN) to condemn North Korea’s attack and send UN forces, composed largely of U.S. troops, to defend South Korea. Under the leadership of World War II hero U.S. general Douglas MacArthur, UN forces drove the North Koreans to the Chinese border. China then entered the war, forcing UN forces back to the original North and South Korean border, where both sides remained in a bloody stalemate.
MacArthur recommended that UN forces bomb military...
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- Introduction
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From Allies to Enemies: The Origins of the Cold War
- Chapter 1 Preface
- The United States Should Seek Peace with the Soviet Union
- The United States Should Not Seek Peace with the Soviet Union
- The United States Should Contain Soviet Expansion
- The Soviet Union Should Contain U.S. Imperialism
- Soviet Expansion Policies Initiated the Cold War
- U.S. Containment Policies Initiated the Cold War
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Coexistence and Conflict
- Chapter 2 Preface
- The War in Korea Should Be Expanded
- The War in Korea Should Be Limited
- The Soviet Union Seeks Peaceful Coexistence with the United States
- The Soviet Union Does Not Seek Peaceful Coexistence with the United States
- The United States Could Have Won the War in Vietnam
- The United States Could Not Have Won the War in Vietnam
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From Détente to the Cold War’s End
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Détente Is a Constructive
- Détente Is a Flawed U.S. Policy
- The United States Must Develop a Defensive Weapons System to Prevent Nuclear War
- U.S. Development of a Defensive Weapons System Would Increase Nuclear Proliferation
- Ronald Reagan’s Policies Ended the Cold War
- Mikhail Gorbachev’s Policies Ended the Cold War
- Reflections: The Impact of the Cold War
- For Further Discussion
- Copyright
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