...From 1950 to 1953, the Korean War was a short war. Nevertheless, the Korean War carries the same amount of impact as any wars would have. The Korean War was also a tragic, the lost of lives and casualties were big for this country, even if it was a small amount to most of the other countries. During World War II, Korea, at that time, was apart of the Japanese empire. After World War II, the United States Army (U.S. Army) and the Soviet to decide what to do with the enemy's imperial possessions. In August 1945, two young aides at the State Department divided the Korean peninsula in half along the 38th parallel. While the Russians occupied the north of the line and the United States occupied the south. In the South, the Anti-Communist dictator Syngman Rhee enjoyed the reluctant support of the United States government; in the North, the Communist dictator Kim Il Sung enjoyed the slightly more enthusiastic support of the Soviets. However, neither dictators was happy to remain on one side of the 38th parallel and border skirmishes were common. Nearly 10,000 North and South Korean soldiers were killed in battle before the war even began....
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...“Analyze the causes of either the Spanish Civil War or the Korean War.” The Spanish Civil War is a classical example of a country changing from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy to a republic. This process was done through many different phases and most importantly through corruption and appealing speeches. I will throughout this essay closely examine some of the most important causes of the Spanish Civil War. Write about the weaknesses of the government and the unstructured Spanish army: • Explain why the why the elections in Spain were corrupt o The rich had the power o The party leaders were easily manipulated by the wealthy. • The government was also weak because the king was allowed to interfere in the progress of electing a new prime minister o Builds on the corruption part above o King had a lot of power • No difference between the Conservatives and the Liberals o No difference means it was only a matter of the party leader to convince other to support them o Weakness is that Spain could only go in one direction with two parties with the same goals and ideology. • Explain how the army had lost support o Army known to be violent o Too many officers and people with power o They changed the system in Spain from a absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy The powerful Catholic Church linked to the weaknesses of the government • Explain the how the Catholic Church influenced the education o They were against modernization and...
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...In the year 1910 Korea was a united country, but today it's a divided peninsula. The two countries that it is separated is the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). This separation can be thanks to the Korean War, also known as The Korean Conflict or The Forgotten War. The Korean War started on June 25, 1950, and ended by a ceasefire on July 27, 1953. The war was fully ignited when then North Korean People’s army crossed the 38th Parallel, which is a boundary that separates North and South Korea, to invade South Korea. South Korea got pushed back all the way to Busan. That's when the United States of America came to the aid of the South Koreans and pushed back North Korea all the way back to the capital of Pyongyang (in North Korea). That's when the People’s Republic of China sept feeling that they were also going to try...
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...The Korean War The Korean War took place between the years of 1950 and 1953. The cause of the war was that Korea was under Japanese rule ever since the end of the Chinese-Japanese war in 1895. After World War II, in 1945, Korea was freed from Japan. The United States troops occupied the southern part of the country and Russian forces took the north. The very first and main reason we entered the war in Korea was because John Foster Dulles, the future Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower, said that it would be best if we entered the war. At the time Dulles was a special advisor to the Secretary of State Acheson. Dulles was in Tokyo when the Koreans staged war. Dulles sent a message to Acheson that if the South Koreans start losing and cannot hold back the North Koreans, they should send in United States forces. He said to do so, "even though this risks Russian counter moves. To sit by while Korea is overrun by unprovoked armed attack would start a disaster chain even leading most probably to World War III." When Dulles got back to Washington he specified that he meant sending in United States Air and Naval forces only, not troops. Almost immediately after getting word of the invasion, Acheson decided that the United States should put the matter before the United Nations. He then called President Truman and got his approval. Almost fourteen hours after Washington got word of the war there was a conference set up among certain members of the United Nations. The final decision...
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...Was the Korean War a turning point in the Civil War? The Korean War was thus a turning point in the development of the Cold War in that it marked a shift in the focal point in the development of tensions, from Europe to East Asia, with many indirect conflicts being largely confined to Europe. The Korean War was the first time that communism and capitalism were to fight against each other. It was hence a turning point in the development of the Cold War — instead of tensions developing between the two countries directly, the conflicts are now manifested through a proxy, which is Korea. This not only altered the field of rivalry between the two superpowers from Europe to Asia, but also changed the method through which the two powers conflicted. While the Cold War in Europe was "fought" mainly through all means short of direct armed confrontation, the Korean War saw the escalation of the conflict to a "hot war”. The idea of puppet states emphasized that the Korean War conflict was merely the Cold War fought on another front, with USSR and USA in control. It is also evident that the two superpowers were control in Korea. The US manipulated the United Nations (which was a first real test) so as to send a mostly American force into the region to address its strategic goals of preventing a possible domino effect and executing NSC-68. Stalin’s limited aid and lack of restraint against Kim also led to the prolonging of the war, but could also be seen as Stalin being hesitant to become...
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...another potential war to demanding diplomacy in all foreign affairs. This was demonstrated by the United States’ growing efforts in ending the arms race peacefully, John F. Kennedy’s successful attempts at diplomacy with European countries, and the negative mentality of some active soldiers in the Korean War. The Arms Race between the United States and the Soviet Union started with the first nuclear bombings of the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This escalated to a period of time where international tensions were at an all time high, this era now referred to as the Cold War. During the early...
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...in the government after the gruesome Russian Revolution. They later changed the name to the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR). Quoted from Ali in “Communism”, “The Russian Communist movement became the model for other communist parties around the war”. The many communist parties, using the USSR as their model, began to make the US worry of a domino effect of Communism resulting in the ideas reaching the West. Genovese explains the cause of the impact of the Soviet Union in...
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...The Origins of the Korean War a) Read the sources and answer the questions which follow: Source A “According to Stalin, one reason contributing to the Soviet Union’s new stance was the dishonest, perfidious and arrogant behaviour of the United States in Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East and especially its decision to form NATO. According to Stalin, ‘America was no longer a partner, but an adversary, and the Soviet Union could not bind itself any longer to agreements with [such] an adversary’. Another reason was the ‘aggressive designs of the South Koreans.’ As Stalin concluded, ‘the South was determined to launch an attack on the North sooner or later and it was important to forestall this aggression’.” Russian journalist summarizes Stalin’s conversations with Kim Il Sung at the Kremlin in April 1950. Source B Rather, it appears that Stalin manoeuvred Mao into a position in which the latter could hardly resist Kim’s plan or avoid coming to the aid of North Korea if it ran into difficulty with the Americans. Not only had Stalin recently granted Mao his wish for a new treaty, but Mao needed continued Soviet air and naval assistance in executing his plan to seize Taiwan, and Kim had assisted him with Korean troops in the Chinese civil war. [Stalin] also saw advantages in stepped-up Communist pressure in other parts of East Asia. Stalin had run into difficulties in Europe, where the Americans had drawn a clear line with the Greek-Turkish aid program, the...
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...War on Terror On September 11, 2001, two planes ultimately hijacked by members of Al-Qaeda crashed into the World Trade Towers, New York City, New York. Many different generations became glued to the television in awe as news stations showed live video of New Yorkers running for their lives while down came the “Twins Towers”. Declaring war on whomever was behind this became emanate as Americans wanted revenge for the wrongful deaths of many innocent lives. It was not until May 2, 2011, that the man behind the attacks, Osama bin Laden, finally got what he deserved…death. Two years later, American troops are still fighting in Afghanistan, dying every day. The mission President Bush set out to accomplish had been completed, so it is time to bring the troops home and stop dying for the sake of other countries. The fight against terrorism will forever be an ongoing process, that much is understood. It is the goal of Presidents to come to keep the fight off American soil, something which can be checked off the list for the past 12 years. Like previously stated, war on whomever committed the 9/11 attacks was at the top of many American’s agenda, but who is to say that after 12 long years priorities have not changed. Once the death of bin Laden had been confirmed, the process of sending American troops home should have gone into effect immediately. Granted many troops have already landed safely on American soil, one troop still in Afghanistan is one too many. According to CBSNews...
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...Night Review With Her Oil Lamp On, That Night is a Korean novel written by Lim Chul-Woo during the times of War in Korea. This short story is written in such a way that readers can relate to the pain that the victims of the Korean War felt. Lim tells the story with such detail so that the readers feel like they are actually there observing. The story opens with a soldier in the company of rebels in the woods outside the town in which he grew up. The town was evacuated more than two months prior, but that night the soldier and his company saw a light. The soldier thought that it could be from his own house due to the fact that it was in the same area and it was the anniversary of the death of his father. He thought to himself that it is his own mother coming back to look for him and to pay her respects to her husband. The story then switches to the viewpoint of the mother of the soldier in the woods. She has taken the risk to return to her village even though it was forbidden for her to return. She was clinging to the hope that her son might return; clinging so much that when she evacuated her town, she did not even board up the windows and doors like much of the rest of the town. Many of the villagers even went as far as to burn down the homes that they were leaving behind. Lim continues the story in the mother’s point of view. She is in her home with meager portions of food for the tribute to her deceased husband. During the war, these meager portions of food were a luxury. Grains...
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...Ty Tran Mr. Waagen Honors English 10 24 March 2014 North Korean Starvation “Think about a population that’s totally dependent on rations from the government, and we know that these rations are going to run out,” said Nutrition Specialist Mandana Arabi, “There are really not a lot of resources they can tap into” (UNICEF). North Korea, for years on the edge of famine, have crossed the boundary, and dropped into the dark abyss. Food is rationed to one-fifth the necessary amount for survival, up to 5 million people could starve to death within the year, and 80,000 children are in "imminent peril" of starvation (UNICEF). North Korea, formally known as the “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” is susceptible to food crises because of political and economic isolation, extreme militarization, and climate change. Last year, widespread flooding in the country’s main rice producing region resulted in a poor harvest, plus an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which affected the cattle used to harvest crops, also exacerbated shortages (Ahn). North Korea’s suffering has gotten out of hand, such that some of the DPRK’s citizens have resorted to cannibalism. The majority of North Korea’s population relies solely on food rations, like pennies on a dollar; the amount of people relying on rations far outweighs the total amount of food being distributed. The World Food Program (WFP) indicates that food rations in 2005 were at approximately 200-250 grams per person per day, approximately...
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...to anyone to enjoy, from anywhere in the world (dictionary.com, n.d.). Globalization can been seen different depending on where you are from. It can cause issues for more traditional societies such as losing ancient customs and values. Although there are many, South Korea and India are examples of two non-western cultures that have been impacted by globalization in which I will look at each country before globalization and the effects of globalization it has now. A1. Circumstances before and after event Before globalization, South Korea was considered a very isolated society (Ruediger, 2006), with deep cultural ideas, and one of the poorest countries in the world with most of its culture being based on farming rice. It was said that rice farming was more than just farming in was a way of life for the South Korean people. The majority of the population of South Korea was committed to growing rice, with rice being to major farming product. In the later part of the 1980’s, globalization was introduced to South Korea. They were persuaded to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) to open their economy to unrestricted trade. As South Korea opened to the idea of free trade, it meant that the farming communities would receive less subsides. The WTO was assuring aid and access to the new world markets (Malek, 2005). The Korean...
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...loc.gov/frd/cs/vietnam/vn04_01b.jpg] American officials were cognizant of the fact that only the complete decolonization of Indochina could establish a stable noncommunist force in the lands surrounding China. However, the American position to fulfill this objective was inadequate. The French were historically ill disposed to allowing Americans to meddle in their internal affairs. Furthermore, the French were paranoid that the United States had the intention to usurp their economic and political power in Indochina. Because of its apprehension about the Soviet danger to destitute post-World War II Western Europe, America was concerned with obtaining France’s support for the creation of a European Defense Community (EDC). Therefore, the European Defense Community was extremely important to the United States. Consequently, the U.S., out of fear of alienating France from its cause, had very little leverage in...
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...From the end of the Korean war North Korea has been a thorn in the side of America’s Foreign affairs. North Korea is one of the few countries in the global community that openly displays very strong Anti-american rhetoric. Now with the capabilities of possessing a nuclear missile that can strike the Continental United States it has become quite apparent that North Korea is major threat. I believe there is a way to help solve this “North Korea” problem that will both stabilize the korean peninsula and maintain the power balance in the asia-pacific region. The whole “North Korea” problem started back in 1945 when after the unconditional surrender of Japan. The Soviet Union and the United States occupied the north and south of korea divided at the 38th parallel respectively. In 1948 after failed unification talks, two new governments were formed. South Korea having a Federal Presidential Republic (Democracy) and North Korea having an Unitary one-party Juche state (Communist). At this point the tension between the two koreas grew to the point of war. On June 25, 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea sparking what would be a war lasting more than three years. During this time period the Americans and the UN were the allies of South Korea and the Soviet and China were allies of North Korea. After three...
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...to soldiers and people who reside in war-torn areas. As dangerous and debilitating these physical injuries may be, they are not the only type of damage that war can cause to people. The pain and suffering that soldiers experience from the psychological scarring that they receive from the horrors of combat is just as or in some cases, more harmful than the bodily damage that people endure during times of war. The mental pain and stress from the harrowing ordeals that one encounters have a profound effect on the human psyche. Many nations have experienced conflicts and wars that have caused countless deaths and injuries to people of all walks of life. However, the physical wounds aren’t the only ones that occur. The psychological damages are just as harmful to a person’s wellbeing. I am from South Korea, which remains divided from its northern counterpart due to the Korean War. The horrors of fighting that pitted brother against brother and had Koreans harming each other was truly a sad sight to behold. My grandfather escaped the North before the war and personally fought in the Korean War after he graduated from the South Korean military academy. My grandfather survived the Korean War and to this day, he refuses to discuss about what he experienced. He said the harrowing details of what he witnessed is too graphic and disturbing for anyone to hear. It was quite evident that the suffering that he feels from the horrific events of the war was severely affecting him negatively...
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