POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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US interest area
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US Pacific area
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US defensive perimeter
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US colonial region
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Detailed explanation-1: -Containment-The korean war: from containment to liberation to containment. The Korean War led to the endorsement of NSC 68, vast expenditures for arms in Asia and in Europe, and the overextension of American power. American intervention in Korea was the most dramatic test to that date for containment.
Detailed explanation-2: -On June 27, President Truman announced to the nation and the world that America would intervene in the Korean conflict in order to prevent the conquest of an independent nation by communism.
Detailed explanation-3: -“The U.S. initially didn’t want to get involved in any kind of invasion. They didn’t want to get tangled up with North Korea, much less China or the Soviet Union, ” says Kim. Key events on the world stage caused the United States to change course.
Detailed explanation-4: -South Korea has a long military alliance with the United States, aiding the U.S. in every war since the Vietnam War, and most recently during the Iraq War.