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South Korea from the North Korean troops that entered their boundary lines at the 38th parallel. Many veterans who served have stories to tell. These stories are based on accounts and placement in the military as most are not the same. South Korea and North Korea were in the midst of their civil war or a war between regions in the same country. Leier fought in the ongoing…

Most Capitalist western countries viewed Communism as an infectious disease, and the policy of containment aimed to “quarantine” it. This was carried out by defending countries that communist countries were attempting to take over, for example, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Also, they provided support to non communist countries…

The topic of the impending doom of America is a popular one among writers today. Numerous articles claim that America’s rivals increase in power and influence while America itself is on the decline. As evidence of this gradual, but inevitable decline in American power, one writer claims that the US military has experienced nothing but stalemate, frustration and loss since its victory in World War II in 1945. Nevertheless, the author fails to distinguish between failures in war and failures in…

After the Second World War, it was found that approximately 50 million civilians became victims of war, a number that far exceeds the combined total of the soldiers killed and wounded [1]. It was the first time in the Modern Era where civilians became the major target for military action, resulting to the devastating casualty ratio. Indeed, other wars have seen significant civilian deaths, especially the First World War and the Mexican-American War, but most of those deaths were indirectly from…

Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces. This is the policy that allowed the US to get engaged in the Korean War, the Vietnam War and other proxy war during the cold war. In the same time, the Truman Doctrine affected America’s foreign policy made it turn to the policy of containment which had the main idea of keeping Communism where it was and could…

The year was 2038. Tensions had been rising in a cold war between the United States and North Korea for the past thirty to forty years. Before the day of the massive North Korean land assault on Japan, the United States’ foreign policy favored isolationism and tried to stay out of Eastern Asian activities. The idea was that if the U.S. underwent containment and just allowed Communism in the few Eastern Asian countries, then eventually the Communist countries would collapse on their own. Also,…

“He had a way of touching your elbow or shoulder, upping his chin with a slight jerk and crowding into his eye such a warmth of blessing… he made you feel you’d contributed a boon to the whole human race” (“Douglas MacArthur” 1). MacArthur came from a background of a strict military upbringing. His father and grandfather were both generals and being raised on a military base MacArthur was destined to be a part of the United States military. His life was shaped and structured, but he had a…

Throughout the 20th century, the fate of East Asia was deciding by wars. In 1950 the war between North and South Korea began. When Korea was liberated from Japan, the victorious allies decided to divide Korea in two parts, where south belonged to the US and north to the USSR. Therefore, Communism was established in north and capitalism in south. However, Kim Il-sung the leader of North Korea wanted to unify Korea and he was hoping to get a support from the USSR. Josef Stalin rejected his offer,…

An interesting fact about China is that China overtook the U.S. as the world’s largest economy in the year of 2014. Which is probably the reason why China and the United States are not allies but they are not enemies either (Sengupta, “U.S. and China “). It is easier to say that the two countries are in a competing standpoint on which one is more powerful than the other. But China does have a strong relationship North Korea, but with North Korea being so isolated it is hard to give advice to…

CLAIM: The United States, currently, ineffectively utilizes sanctions as a measure to pressure the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). ESTABLISHING EVIDENCE: Despite North Korean inhabitants suffer because of sanctions, their government seems to prevail. One of the major reasons the state firmly persists their nuclear ambitions is China’s (PRC) support. While the entire world slashes North Korea from trade, the PRC remains one of the staunch opposers in sanctioning the DPRK. EVIDENCE:…