COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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“The United Nations cannot ____ fulfill adequately its own responsibilities until the peace settlements have been made ____ “
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“Above all else, we want to keep the United States prosperous and strong because we know that our prosperity is the best guarantee of peace.”
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“Communism has passed beyond the use of subversion ____ and will now use armed invasion and war.”
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“As a result of these tragic conditions, a militant minority, exploiting human want and misery ____ has made economic recovery impossible.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United States was undertaking the major military operation, he explained, to enforce a United Nations resolution calling for an end to hostilities, and to stem the spread of communism in Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Truman view the Korean War? “If we let Korea down, ” President Harry Truman (1884-1972) said, “the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.” Truman’s view involved stopping communism in Korea so it did not spread to the rest of the region and world.
Detailed explanation-3: -In his eighteen-minute speech, he stated: I believe it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.