Korea cold war

Korea cold war

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  The Cold WarTheCold War and Koreaand Korea
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  WHAT IS COMMUNISM?WHATIS COMMUNISM?
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  • Mao in1949Mao in 1949 • Longtime American-Longtime American- Chinese relationsChinese relations betrayedbetrayed • Failure ofFailure of containmentcontainment • ““Truman lost China!”Truman lost China!” • PoliticalPolitical repercussionsrepercussions CHINA GOES COMMUNISTCHINA GOES COMMUNIST
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  SOVIET ATOMIC BOMBSOVIETATOMIC BOMB • September 1949September 1949 • Ends atomicEnds atomic monopoly; surprisesmonopoly; surprises AmericaAmerica • Not expected for aNot expected for a number of yearsnumber of years • Adds to Cold WarAdds to Cold War climate of fearclimate of fear • SputnikSputnik: 1957: 1957
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  2 KOREA’S2 KOREA’S •After WW2 in 1948 • South Korea under American patronage • North Korea under Soviet patronage • N. Korean leader Kim Il-Sung invaded South Korea Kim Il-Sung “Great Leader” (1912-1994)
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  NORTH KOREANORTH KOREA INVADESSOUTH KOREAINVADES SOUTH KOREA • South Korea and capitalist West • North Korea and communist East • Invasion in August 1950 • United States completely caught off guard • Korean peninsula almost completely overrun. “roll back” Communism with atomic weapons
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  KOREAN WARKOREAN WAR ContainmentPolicyContainment Policy (1950-1953)(1950-1953) The shifting front in Korean WarThe shifting front in Korean War ““limited” vs. “total” warlimited” vs. “total” war
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  KOREAN WAR: THEKOREANWAR: THE COSTCOST 53,629 U.S. dead; 164 million53,629 U.S. dead; 164 million dollars.dollars. 3 million total dead: “The Forgotten3 million total dead: “The Forgotten
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  TOOLS OF STATETOOLSOF STATE • Every house a Radio – Can’t be turned off, nor stations changed • Prison Camps • Chemical and Biological weapons Kim Jong-IlKim Jong-Il ““Sun of theSun of the Twenty-First Century”Twenty-First Century”
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  Korea TodayKorea Today •Massively militarized state • One of the world’s largest armies • Famine and millions of deaths • Omnipresent Statues, mass parades, calisthenics displays Kim Jong-Kim Jong- unun