Korean War Veterans Memorial

generated by America’s heavy military engagement in Korea from the beginning of the Cold War and the close economic ties with Western countries that resulted from this alliance with the United States. Thus, America’s efforts to balance against Soviet influence in the peninsula led to the growth and modernization of the South Korean middle class and economy and this middle class spawned the real South Korean democratization. In these fundamental years of the republic’s development, one could…

U.S. Military Bases abroad: a bane or a boon? The United States of America with over 800 bases overseas has become a “base nation” as David Vine calls it in his famous book Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World. The problem is that no one knows how many of these military bases the U.S. have. The rough estimate is somewhere between 750 and 800, however, the official records by the Department of Defense do not show the real number because of the different terms…

The Korean division started the day the 38th parallel was settled on during the Potsdam Conference nearing the end of the Second World War. The 38th parallel was to serve as the dividing line of Korea, which was going to be occupied by the Soviet troops in the north and American troops in the south. Both international powers were set to help countries re-establish themselves in the world following WWII. The Americans vowed to help any country threatened by communism (Truman Doctorine, March 12th…

When it comes to behavior management in schools today, many schools have experienced a higher amount of students’ problematic behaviors. Though research has shown that over the years discipline referrals have gone down and academic achievement has improved, teachers reveal that student discipline is the most complicated and challenging task for them. In this article, a cross-cultural study was performed to explore elementary teachers’ beliefs in classroom management strategies for students in…

The beginning of the Cold War occurred roughly near the end of World War II, where the Soviet Union divided occupied territory with the U.S. and the other Allied Powers. Desires among the emerging great powers caused relations to freeze over, causing little progress being made to maintain peace in the coming era. These failures were a result of the Yalta Conference, and the Korean War, with McCarthyism being a small factor. The Yalta Conference was the second meeting of the most influential…

Korea into a full on communist country. This began the Korean War, with the allies of the North and South fighting for land. The war resulted in 2.5 million deaths but a ceasefire was agreed upon in 1953,…

have impacted the production of war imagery in films during explicit conflict, especially in the United States. It dictated the amount of films produced, how they were produced, and where the films were distributed. Not only did it affect film, but it also affected photography and information the press released to the public. These censorship policies in the United States, furthermore, affected the film industry during both the Second World War and the Vietnam War; however, their impact produced…

the United states in 2013. Iraq was not powerful enough to withstand the firepower of the United States because the Iraqi troops did not adequate weapons or training. Due to the lack of training of the Iraqi troops, the United States easily won the war. Iraq was unable to follow through with…

citizens is brought to life. This paper will analyze how the regime affected certain families through its repressive policies and then compare those same situations to a democratic government. In 1958, Kim Il-sung ordered the classification of the North Korean people into about fifty distinct groups. These groups were divided into three broad classes. The Core, wavering, and hostile. The Core class would consist of Kim Il-sung, his family, and high ranking party members. The wavering class…

a similar empire to the Soviet Union, the Communist Chinese Republic required a great deal of foreign aid. Therefore, in order to support the expansion of communism, the Soviet Union provided funds to the Chinese Republic. Similarly, during the Korean War, China and Korea faced the newly instituted United Nations. However, through…