The Korean War began on June 25th, 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea. ... South Koreans had little weapons and military because the Korean War took place soon after World War 2. ... Another positive effect of sending troops to fight in the Korean War is that the United States helped negotiate a cease-fire. ... People began calling the Korean War, "The No-Win War," ""Truman's War" "and"The Democrats War."" ... World War 2 ended in 1945 and the Korean War started in 1950. ...

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Almost half a million South Koreans died as a result of the war, and an unknown number of North Koreans. ... The cost of the war in Korea was immense, particularly for its people. ... Australia exported goods from North Korea and South Korea and due to the war this was hindered. ... For many years the Korean War veterans have honoured and remembered those Australian and Allied servicemen and women who served and died in the Korean War, with a ceremony at the Australian War Memorial on Kapyong Day (24th April). ... Emotional destruction wasn't the only effect of the war: The Southern ...

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THE KOREAN WAR" WHY DID WE FIGHT IN KOREA? ... After World War II, in 1945, Korea was freed from Japan. ... Dulles was in Tokyo when the Koreans staged war. ... If the communist started conquering many nations they might start a whole empire (the domino effect). ... I feel that the Korean War was a tragedy. ...

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The Korean War took place between the years of 1950 and 1953. ... After World War II, in 1945, Korea was freed from Japan. ... Dulles was in Tokyo when the Koreans staged war. ... If the communist started conquering many nations they might start a whole empire (the domino effect). ... I feel that the Korean War was a tragedy. ...

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On October 2, 1950 the South Korean army crossed the 38th parallel, while the Chinese communists threatened to enter the war if the UN crossed the 38th parallel. ... President Eisenhower, on the other hand, did not believe in using war to unify Korea. ... The armistice would have given the Republic of Korea undisputed possession of the land it initially administered prior to the outbreak of war. In addition, the armistice would have assured that North Korean and Chinese prisoners of war received political asylum if they chose not to go back to their respectful countries. ... He claimed tha...

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On October 2, 1950 the South Korean army crossed the 38th parallel, while the Chinese communists threatened to enter the war if the UN crossed the 38th parallel. ... President Eisenhower, on the other hand, did not believe in using war to unify Korea. ... The armistice would have given the Republic of Korea undisputed possession of the land it initially administered prior to the outbreak of war. In addition, the armistice would have assured that North Korean and Chinese prisoners of war received political asylum if they chose not to go back to their respectful countries. ... He claimed that th...

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The worst thing that ever happened to Korea was the war between those two parts. ... After the war, Korean (South) per capital GDP grew by 7.3% per each year from 1962 to 1991. ... In the early 70s, the U.S. began to withdraw from Vietnam War and sought disengagement from the rest of Asia. This had the effect of reducing Park Chung Hee's confidence in U.S. security assurances. ... A recent study by Michael Bordo (reported in The Economist) argues that contagion effect simply does not exist. ...

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On June 25 1950 North Korea crossed the thirty-eighth parallel, officially invading South Korea, and marking what has been recorded historically as the beginning of the Korean War. ... This different stance argues that the Korean War was more of a Korean civil war, which has its roots in circumstances on the Korean Peninsula that began at least five years before the official dates that the conflict began. ... The letter is a warning that there " is a possibility of a civil war developing between the communist and nationalist factions in Korea (Lee 2001:6). In this light, the factors that he...

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The United States, sticking true to their foreign affairs policies regarding communism; "In helping free and independent nations to maintain their freedom, the United States will be giving effect to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations" (Truman Doctrine, 1947), immediately moved troops into South Korea, fearing the Soviets would make a move for the southern portion of the Korean peninsula as well. ... North Korea remained under control of the Soviet Union, while South Korea was given to the United States. ... Although the U.S. had begun to withdraw troops from Korea...

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The Korean Religious Heritage Korea's religious heritage has contributed to the teaching of the Unification Church. Since it first appeared on Korean soil and was nourished by the Korean philosophy of life, the new movement was naturally influenced to some extent by its environment. ... Furthermore, shamanism emphasized Korea's unique role in history. ... Monks and nuns became a normal feature of Korean society. ... It would be impossible to exaggerate the religious, ethical and cultural effect which a millennium of Buddhist life and thought had on the Korean mind and heart. ...

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Today we'll address the impact of the digital age and consider whether it is possible for traditional propaganda techniques to be effective in a digital world with the comparison of the propagandist Nazi regime of Germany within World War 2 and the modern day dictatorship of Kim Jong Un in North Korea. ... Therefore, within the use of film and digital media alike, traditional propaganda techniques are consequently more effect within the digital world of the 21st century, in comparison to the time of World War Two. The second source of education in North Korea is identical to that of th...

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There are many contributing factors for the beginning of the Vietnam War which was all linked to the Cold War. ... Communist forces in The Vietnam War were: North Vietnam, Viet Cong, Khmer Rouge, Pathet Lao, Soviet Union, China and North Korea. Anti-Communist forces were: South Vietnam, United States, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Khmer Republic and the Kingdom of Laos. ... At the time Australia feared communism coming to our shores and this was a big influence for our involvement because of the "domino effect." The domino effect suggests once one country falls in South-east A...

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The great effect the war had was change. ... War for many woman was an opportanity to gain strength and mobility . ... "The Japanese Imperial arm in world war II recruited miliary prostitutes from Korea. ... First, the Japanese police would seek out young, single, socially isolated and economically disadvantaged girls from religious families in Korea (80- 90% of sex slaves to the Japanese army were Korean)55/japan. ... During World War II images of women were used on posters. ...

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It was not right to fire Macarthur during the Korean War. At the end of World War II, Korea had divided into North Korea and South Korea. ... Beginning of Korean War was the evidence of conflict between Macarthur, and President Truman. ... By presenting the Red Chinese with an ultimatum they must reject, the statement had the effect of scuttling a UN cease-fire offer. ... President Truman's perspective to see the Korean War, and his problems. ...

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Effect of Truman's lack of support was that Ho Chi Minh turn to the communists. ... On the morning of June 25, 1950, North Korea started to attack South Korea and initiated the Korean War. During more than three years of war, the U.S supported South Korea economically and militarily to push back the communists in Korea. ... After the Korean War the U.S was deeply concerned about communism and intensified its program to prevent communist spreading. ... The United States intervened in Vietnam from 1945 to 1954, in order to contain communism in Southeast Asia but it failed and grew to be a h...

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Brief Economic History and Government Policy Korea was one of the poorest countries in world after experiencing two wars. World War II and Korean war (1950 ~ 1953). ... After two major wars, the country even with a food shortage experienced lack of capital. ... As a result, an increase in domestic savings and huge inflow of foreign borrowings had positive effect on economic growth in Korea due to an increase in capital accumulation. Controlling exchange rate is another good example to describe the effect of government's role on Korean economic development. ...

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In answering the question "In what ways was the concept of American Exceptionalism evident in the Cold War during the years 1947-1961?" I intend to start by looking at the root of the idea and how its history manages to evoke passionate responses of American Nationalism in the transition period between the end of World War One and the Cold War. ... I shall then move onto the Cold War itself, identifying the use of exceptionalism in three key areas; warfare (with specific focus on the Korean War), an ideological persuasion of weak nations (particularly the vulnerable west Germany) and...

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Second is to make them have a visual image of what they are learning and make every historical event seem as if it were happening right now and has an effect on us right now. ... For example, after studying the Vietnam War you can have students go to two opposite sides of the room. ... For example, the United States" current tensions with North Korea and their build up of nuclear weapons. You could relate this to our history of the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the spread of communism, and the nuclear race with the USSR. Ask students, "How does this event in history effect you now or yo...

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The Cold War was a war that literally wasn't your typical war. ... The Cold War was a real complicated war because it was more a fight about ideology, Democracy and Communism. ... Nations like England, France and most of Europe was backing the United States and countries like China, North Korea, Cuba and Vietnam were backing the Soviet Union. The international level, at first had no effect in the Cold War, no other country or any international organization like the United Nations got involved in the Cold War. ... Many people are happy that the Cold War was just an arms race instead...

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In World War II, the human race saw a genocide of those of Jewish descent, those of homosexuality, disability, and many others. ... These are the camps that are located within North Korea and are classified by ex prisoners as the modern labor camps from World War II. ... Unlike the Holocaust, the North Korean labor camps are still in operation to this day with very very few escapes. Both painting reflections of death, despair, evil, and inhuman actions, when compared to one another, Shin Dong-hyuk, the only known person to have escaped, said it best: "the methods may be different but the ...

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In a more global level, globalization connected most of the nations together in a way that one country's action will have an effect on other countries, however big or small the effect may be. ... Globalization in South Korea can be a challenge. ... This will decrease conflicts and war that occur due to territorial issues. ... There are many wars that happen due to territorial issues (Frieden, Lake, Schultz, 2014). ... When nations decide to disregard boundaries drawn by history, culture, language, and religion, there will not be unnecessary tension and war. ...

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The truth is that we are still in a cold war with North Korea, and American troops' presence in Korean soil secures South Korean citizens from the outbreak of another war. Moreover, the issue regarding nuclear weapon which North Korea is believed to possess threatens South Korea. ... The reality is that many of Korean big companies such as Samsung and LG have very big market in the U.S. and that if their market decreases, it would surely have a detrimental effect on the Korean economy. ... Therefore, Korea should exploit this event as an opportunity to revitalize the Korean economy. ...

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Japan does not seem to feel guilty for its war crimes and responsible to compensate to Asian states. ... This was also in compliance with the ethic liquidation policy rapidly implemented in Korea after the Chinese-Japanese War. ... Because Japan knew the effect of Western capital, it tried to develop its own power, while the Western interest was concentrated on India and China. ... The Japanese authorities forced Koreans to move to Manchuria or Siberia, and Japanese to the Korean Peninsula. They promised Japanese land and administrative support in Korea. ...

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The Soviet Union and United State's space race was at its pinnacle; one of the most significant wars during the Cold War, the Korean War was finally reached its end; both nations were equipped with devastating atomic bombs. ... Finally, in 1959, the Soviet Union launched another satellite, the Luna 2, the first space probe to hit the moon.2 The Korean War The Korean War, as a side effect of the Cold War has started on June 25, 1950. ... In the views of the Americans, this war was extremely crucial for the Korean War as this war intensifies, there was a fair chance of this war becoming a...

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And did the "Lesson of Munich" have any effect on the way he viewed his decision? ... " At the time, going to war with Korea was a popular agreement, but Harry Truman was having second guesses. Truman felt that the decision to go to war with Korea was an immense outcome, even more so than using the atomic bomb, because he feared that he might have been taking the country into a dreadful war. ... " After World War II had just happened and now the United States was entering the Korean War, many wonder if the Lesson of Munich had anything to do with the way Truman viewed usi...

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