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The Cold The Cold War and War and
KoreaKorea
WHAT IS COMMUNISM?WHAT IS COMMUNISM?
• Mao in 1949Mao in 1949• Longtime American-Longtime American-
Chinese relations Chinese relations betrayedbetrayed
• Failure of Failure of containmentcontainment
• ““Truman lost China!”Truman lost China!”• Political Political
repercussionsrepercussions
CHINA GOES CHINA GOES COMMUNISTCOMMUNIST
SOVIET ATOMIC BOMBSOVIET ATOMIC BOMB• September 1949September 1949• Ends atomic Ends atomic
monopoly; monopoly; surprises Americasurprises America
• Not expected for a Not expected for a number of yearsnumber of years
• Adds to Cold War Adds to Cold War climate of fearclimate of fear
• SputnikSputnik: 1957: 1957
2 KOREA’S2 KOREA’S• After WW2 in 1948• South Korea under
American patronage• North Korea under
Soviet patronage• N. Korean leader
Kim Il-Sung invaded South Korea
Kim Il-Sung “Great Leader” (1912-
1994)
NORTH KOREA INVADES NORTH KOREA INVADES SOUTH KOREASOUTH KOREA
• South Korea and capitalist West
• North Korea and communist East
• Invasion in August 1950
• United States completely caught off guard
• Korean peninsula almost completely overrun.
“roll back” Communism with atomic weapons
KOREAN WARKOREAN WARContainment PolicyContainment Policy
(1950-1953)(1950-1953)
The shifting front in Korean The shifting front in Korean WarWar
““limited” vs. “total” limited” vs. “total” warwar
KOREAN WAR: THE KOREAN WAR: THE COSTCOST
53,629 U.S. dead; 164 million 53,629 U.S. dead; 164 million dollars.dollars.
3 million total dead: “The Forgotten 3 million total dead: “The Forgotten War”War”
TOOLS OF STATETOOLS OF STATE• Every house a
Radio– Can’t be turned off,
nor stations changed
• Prison Camps• Chemical and
Biological weapons Kim Jong-IlKim Jong-Il““Sun of the Sun of the
Twenty-First Century”Twenty-First Century”
Korea TodayKorea Today
• Massively militarized state
• One of the world’s largest armies
• Famine and millions of deaths
• Omnipresent Statues, mass parades, calisthenics displays
Kim Jong-Kim Jong-unun
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