... year America, with UN sanction, invaded North Korea. The Korean War became the first American war ever waged solely as an ideological war. "For the first time in the nations history Americans were asked to fight and die to contain an idea". The Korean War was extremely popular domestically because it was part of the Cold War. The Cold War was ... peace and security in the area." Despite this support, America's Korean campaign was unsuccessful, this was to some degree the fault of President Truman, who had not believed that the Chinese government would be prepared to intervene and he als...

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