The investigation, analyzing and investigating the difference in the Korea's economy and society, will try to answer the question: How did the United States of America's involvement in the turnout of Korean affairs mold the way that Korea is today ? The primary sources that will be evaluated for the use of this investigation will be, The Korean War by Max Hastings, and The Coldest Winter, by David Halberstam. In The Korean War, Max, an American soldier voices his thoughts and opinions of the different directions Korea's took. The Coldest Winter however provides insight to the events that led up to the results of the Korean War.
The Coldest Winter
In the book “ The Coldest Winter: America and The Korean War”, author David Halberstam begins …show more content…
They indirectly battled through North and South Korea by backing up their favored side. This might have been a game of “ who can influence the most countries to be our same form of government “, to the super powers of the world ,but it greatly affected the outcome of those nations’ futures. To this day North and South Korea have endless unresolved problems and haven't even signed a peace treaty. Tensions are thick enough to cut and could launch the globe into a World War 3 with a misspoken word. North Korea is a dictatorship with a leader who believes he is a God. North Korea during the Cold War was influenced by the Soviet Union’s communistic way of ruling while South Korea, who were fighting for a free economy democracy was under the help of the United States of America. It can be seen to this day how the help of the different nations change the outcomes of the countries. Where South Korea is a booming economic marketplace with a variety of food , culture , and diversity, North Korea as an isolated barren land with little technology that keeps its citizens mindsets in a cave men like age. The outcome of this can be traced back to the military aid that opposing sides of Korea fought with, and how the US and Russia dealt with each of their sides after the …show more content…
He explains that in American culture,”... It is striking how frequently slips of the tongue cause [ Americans] to substitute “Vietnam” for “Korea” in conversations” ( Hastings,) . This might be because of the fact that after the Korean War, the US went on to also fight in Vietnam, where the outcome of that war was far less satisfying for Americans, so the Korean War was overshadowed by the greater failure in Vietnam. This probably explains why only very recently has Korean culture been exposed into main media outside of the country. But aside from that, South Korea has been doing and will probably continue to do very well in terms of economy and culture. The Central Intelligence Agency states that currently Korea's account balance is 89.22 billion dollars, with a 8.07 billion dollar increase in one year from 2013 to 2014. This can also lead back to the end of the Korean War, when the US aided South Korea after the destruction of their land and infrastructure. North Korea on the other hand was left to hang by itself without the help of the US or the USSR. Which can explain why, “North Korea is still among the most wretched,ruthless,restrictive,impenitent Stalinist societies in the world.South Korea is one of the most dynamic industrial societies even Asia has spawned in the past generation.” ( Hastings,14) Aside from that, what has made S. Korea such a blossoming economy is the aid program they
The Coldest Winter
In the book “ The Coldest Winter: America and The Korean War”, author David Halberstam begins …show more content…
They indirectly battled through North and South Korea by backing up their favored side. This might have been a game of “ who can influence the most countries to be our same form of government “, to the super powers of the world ,but it greatly affected the outcome of those nations’ futures. To this day North and South Korea have endless unresolved problems and haven't even signed a peace treaty. Tensions are thick enough to cut and could launch the globe into a World War 3 with a misspoken word. North Korea is a dictatorship with a leader who believes he is a God. North Korea during the Cold War was influenced by the Soviet Union’s communistic way of ruling while South Korea, who were fighting for a free economy democracy was under the help of the United States of America. It can be seen to this day how the help of the different nations change the outcomes of the countries. Where South Korea is a booming economic marketplace with a variety of food , culture , and diversity, North Korea as an isolated barren land with little technology that keeps its citizens mindsets in a cave men like age. The outcome of this can be traced back to the military aid that opposing sides of Korea fought with, and how the US and Russia dealt with each of their sides after the …show more content…
He explains that in American culture,”... It is striking how frequently slips of the tongue cause [ Americans] to substitute “Vietnam” for “Korea” in conversations” ( Hastings,) . This might be because of the fact that after the Korean War, the US went on to also fight in Vietnam, where the outcome of that war was far less satisfying for Americans, so the Korean War was overshadowed by the greater failure in Vietnam. This probably explains why only very recently has Korean culture been exposed into main media outside of the country. But aside from that, South Korea has been doing and will probably continue to do very well in terms of economy and culture. The Central Intelligence Agency states that currently Korea's account balance is 89.22 billion dollars, with a 8.07 billion dollar increase in one year from 2013 to 2014. This can also lead back to the end of the Korean War, when the US aided South Korea after the destruction of their land and infrastructure. North Korea on the other hand was left to hang by itself without the help of the US or the USSR. Which can explain why, “North Korea is still among the most wretched,ruthless,restrictive,impenitent Stalinist societies in the world.South Korea is one of the most dynamic industrial societies even Asia has spawned in the past generation.” ( Hastings,14) Aside from that, what has made S. Korea such a blossoming economy is the aid program they