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Cold War

After World War II, Stalin did not remove his troops from Eastern Europe as he pledged he would in the Yalta Agreement. Instead, he setup �puppet governments� which did exactly as Mother Russia stated. To protect it�s interests for national security, the American Dream, and the belief that all people should have the right to a democratic life, complete with liberty, equality, and a representative government. Also playing a large part in tensions was the US interest in protecting its profitable foreign markets. The spread of communism challenged every one of these US aim�s, and therefore the US became convinced it had to stop this spread. The deliberate opposition to the spread of ...

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main driving force behind the Korean War. Along with containment as a force was American Pride. After World War II and after Japanese occupation, Soviet troops moved in to North Korea, and the US moved in to South Korea. Each setup and supported its own government, and each government wanted unification on its own terms. The North Koreans were the ones to strike first, and the situation quickly involved US troops. Although originally winning the war easily, Gen. Macarthur ignored Chinese warnings and advanced further north. The Chinese entered the war in October 1950, and forced the UN forces back below the 38th parallel. Both held their grounds fiercely for the next two years, the UN forces driven by containment and the Communist forces driven by the ideal of global communism, until finally in 1953 a truce was signed in which the country was left divided exactly where it was before the war, along the 38th parallel.
The Korean War caused much frustration in the home fronts, where ...

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Added: 9/26/2008 03:42:40 AM
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