The Korean War

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The paper reports that although it cost almost as many American lives as the war in Vietnam, many people in the United States today cannot even remember the Korean War. To see what really happened during this period in American history, this paper provides a review of the primary and secondary literature to briefly identify the events leading up to the Korean War and what happened while it was being fought that resulted in MacArthur's dismissal by Truman. The paper provides a summary of the research and important findings in the conclusion.

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"Many observers today would probably argue that the armistice that resulted from the way the war was managed was not worth all of the blood and treasure that it cost, but there were many things to consider in how the war was waged and what response would be appropriate to the outbreak of hostilities. According to Haulman (2001), "President Harry S. Truman was not content merely to evacuate U.S. civilians from the South Korean capital or to haul ammunition to the South Korean defenders. He was determined to send U.S. troops from Japan to Korea as quickly as possible to help stem the invasion in the name of the United Nations."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Brune, Lester H. and Robin Higham. (1996). The Korean War: Handbook of the Literature and Research. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
• Casey, Steven. (2005). "White House Publicity Operations during the Korean War, June 1950- June 1951." Presidential Studies Quarterly, 35(4), p. 691-2
• Cavendish, Richard. (2000). "The Korean War Begins." History Today, 50(6), 54
• Cumings, Bruce. (1986, October 25). "New Verdict on an Old War; Reckoning with the Korean War." The Nation, 243, p. 393.
• Edwards, Paul M. (2000). To Acknowledge a War: The Korean War in American Memory. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

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