How the Korean War started

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

5 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

03/12/2009

Category :

History & geography

Sub category :

Modern history

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Summary :

Introduction.
Cairo Conference of 1943.
Chistiakov and a communist state north of the 38 degree Parallel.
Truman's of the Russian propaganda undermining the military government of South Korea.
1. Election befrore the US troops pulled out.
2. Truman's lack of confidence in Syngman Rhee's narrow-minded right-wing beliefs.
The report sent by US Ambassador John J. Muccio.
UN General Assembly resolution of 21 October 1949.
Conclusion.
Bibliography.

Abstract

The war in Korea was the first war waged against an aggressor state by the United Nations in the twentieth century. It was unlike any other major conflict in that there was no formal declaration of war to mark its beginnings and no peace treaty to mark its end. Casualties for the korean people and for the United States and communist armed forces were horrific; and for the British and Commonwealth forces it was their third biggest conflict in the twentieth century. (Alexander, 1986). Unlike any previous war, Korea provided a complicated scenario of advance and retreat during 1950-51, followed by a deliberate decision to fight a 'static war' throughout 1951-53, while negotiations between the delegates of the armed forces proceeded fitfully, first at Kaesong and then at Panmunjom. These negotiations often revolved around the prisoner of war issue, for Korea was the first war in which westerners were subjected to barbaric forms of imprisonment ameliorated only when they responded positively to intensive indoctrination.

Key Words: Second World war, Colonel General Ivan Chistiakov, Truman, North Korea, UN General Assembly, Franco-British draft.