United States plays a crucial role for war-devastated Korea in the 1950s. ... Even nationalism played a crucial role in Korea's economic development. It functioned as popular ideology of popular mobilization and legitimacy during the hardships and social disruption of rapid economic growth (Eckert et al., 1990, p. 406). ... The Vietnam War provided economic opportunity at the right time. ... Another was the construction boom in the Middle East, which came just as the Vietnam War winding down (Eckert et al., 1990, p. 411). ...

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