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This collection focuses on the Korean War. The collection includes 275 documents totaling 1151 pages covering the years 1945 through 1953. Supporting materials include official documents and photographs.
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Apr 8, 2024 · The release of these documents is in conjunction with the conference, "New Documents and New Histories: Twenty-First Century Perspectives on the Korean War," co-hosted by the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and the CIA in Independence, Missouri.
- Miree Ku
- 2020
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(Originally published in Social Education, the Journal of the National Council for the Social Studies).
While the end of World War II brought peace and prosperity to most Americans, it also created a heightened state of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. Fearing that the Soviet Union intended to \"export\" communism to other nations, America centered its foreign policy on the \"containment\" of communism, both at home and abroad....
War broke out along the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950. On that day, North Korean troops coordinated an attack at several strategic points along the parallel and headed south toward Seoul. The United Nations Security Council responded to the attack by adopting (by a 9-0 vote) a resolution that condemned the invasion as a \"breach of the peace.\" Th...
The Truman administration also faced internal criticism regarding its commitment to anticommunism at home. Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin had recently begun his infamous hunt for communists within the U. S. Government. Although McCarthy was just warming up, the recent trials of Alger Hiss and others for espionage left the Truman ad...
Thus, when North Korean troops invaded the South, the Truman administration seized upon the opportunity to defend a noncommunist government from invasion by communist troops. Determined not to \"lose\" another country to communism, and interested in shoring up its anticommunist credentials, the Truman administration found itself defending a nation ...
Harry S. Truman - Korean War, 33rd US President, Cold War: In June 1950 military forces of communist North Korea suddenly plunged southward across the 38th parallel boundary in an attempt to seize noncommunist South Korea.
Apr 25, 2024 · ISBN: 9781440863592. Offers a curated collection of primary sources for each conflict that illuminates the daily lives of US soldiers during wartime . The Encyclopedia of the Korean War by Spencer C. Tucker et. al.
