KOR 3650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Syngman Rhee, Kim Il-Sung, Truman Doctrine
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Kor 3650 week 3 korea the forgotten war: annotated chronology, 1945. It was also called (cid:862)korean conflict(cid:863: south called it 6-25. Later called korean war: north called it fatherland liberation war, china called it (cid:862)war to resist american and aid korea(cid:863, western reaction. June 20: 5 days before war, secretary of state told congress that war in korea not likely. It was officially a (cid:862)police action(cid:863: response to chaos of civil and international violence on korean peninsula, 1. Armistice resulted in stalemate, numerous deaths for no reason: 2. Peace conference in 1954 resulted in hostile failure to agree on conditions for peace: there were still continuing military incursions, 3. In american policy, korea was not central concern for cold war: focus was europe, nato, 4. At geneva in 1954, vietnam divided into two countries. Domino theory placed out, making us put soldiers in vietnam. Koreans were hired for this troop: 5.
