Cold+War

I honestly don't k now anything about the Cold War

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 * KOREAN WAR **


 * How did the Korean War turn into a Cold War Conflict? **

It was a proxy war so not everyone was to get involved. It was mostly between the U.S. and the USSR
 * Why did the Korean War not lead to world war? **

The little war are I feel like the Korean War was a Civil War because it was mostly fought between the people within the country. It was a proxy war because it was influenced by the USSR. South Korea was backed by the U.S.A. and North Korea was backed by the USSR. It was a Proxy war because it was started for the same reasons as the cold war, Just Capitalism Vs. Communism. I now think that it was a Proxy war due to the U.S.A. picking sides and helping out the sides that they agreed with and they were kind of using them as puppets. Also they took orders from the U.S. on attack strategies to use on the
 * How does the Korean War shed light on the broad themes of the Cold War? **
 * Do you Believe the Korean War was a Civil War or a Proxy War ( war that results when opposing powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly.)? **

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Summary Questions


 * How did the Korean war change the American view of warfare ?**
 * Nuclear weapons can change the outcome of every war.**


 * Explain three reasons why the Korean War should not be forgotten .**
 * 1) 1. It’s not even over yet. How can we forget an issue that isn’t resolved yet? It’s like pushng aside an issue that needs to be dealt with.
 * 2) 2. Korea still remains divided along the 38th parallel. They still aren’t united as one and they need to be, but it has to be what the people want, not some totalitarian.
 * 3) 3. but North Korea still has a totalitarian. They need help..


 * Summarize how the Korean War changed from “Seesaw to Stalemate .”**
 * America and Red China were sending in troops, North Korea had 90% of the Korean peninsula captured but then Macarthur came up with a counter attack to push them back and their defensive line was located ironically right at the 38th parallel then the fighting lessened and they fell into a stalemate**


 * Why could the American strategy of “Total victory “not be used in Korea ?**
 * Because there is really no such thing as a total war if there are nuclear weapons involved**


 * Explain why the Korean War was considered a failure for the American militar y.**
 * It was considered a failure because America had just defeated Nazi Germany and Japan during WWII but they couldn’t defeat Korea which seemed to be inferior to both of them**

Questions on Textbook excerpts

1) According to each textbook, how did the Korean War start?

Textbook A The war started because the Americans were caught off guard by the growth of the republic so they hastened preparation of an aggressive war to destroy it’s infancy

Textbook B When the overthrow of the South Korean government through social confusion became too difficult, the North Korean communists switched to a stick-and-carrot strategy: seeming to offer peaceful negotiations, they were instead analyzing the right moment of attack and preparing themselves for it

2) Which of these textbooks do you find more trustworthy? Why? (Use specific examples from each text to support your answer). I feel like textbook B is more trustworthy because textbook a makes America look evil.

3) Where else would you look in order to figure out how the Korean War started? In books published by Americans or Koreans who lived through the war.

__**Provide language from the textbook excerpt to support your answer:**__ __“they were instead analyzing the right moment of attack and preparing themselves for it” It seems more logical.__
 * Which of these sources is for Textbook A and which is for Textbook B?**
 * Kim, Doojin. Korean History: Senior High. (Seoul, South Korea: Dae HanTextbook Co.), 2001.**
 * Textbook B_**

__**History of the Revolution of our Great Leader Kim Il-sun: High School. (Pongyang, North Korea: Textbook Publishing Co., 1999).**__

__**Textbook A**__**_**


 * Provide language from the textbook excerpt to support your answer: “**Upset by the fast and astonishing growth of the power of the Republic **“** He’s trying to make it sound like we attacked because we were jealous of them

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS [|Notes on Cuban Missile Crisis] Address to the American People from President John F. Kennedy

The weapons even being pointed towards us is a threat. To point missiles that could easily kill millions of people is striking fear into the hearts of fellow Americans and disrupting the peace between countries. "the armaments and military equipment sent to Cuba are designed exclusively for defensive purposes,"
 * 1. **** According to President Kennedy, how did the buildup of nuclear bases in Cuba constitute an explicit threat to peace and security in the United States and all of the Western Hemisphere? **
 * 2. What did the Soviets claim was the purpose of the missile build‐up in Cuba?**


 * 3. What seven steps did the president immediately set in motion in order to halt the missile build‐up?**


 * a**. To stop this buildup, a strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated..


 * b.** An increase of surveillance


 * c.** If a missile is shot from Cuba to US then a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union will be made


 * d**. A Reinforcement of the base at Guantanamo base


 * e.** A meeting is to be called to invoke articles 6 and 8 of the Rio Treaty in support of all necessary action.


 * f.** an emergency meeting of the Security Council be convoked without delay to take action against this latest Soviet threat to world peace


 * g.** I call upon Chairman Khrushchev to halt and eliminate this clandestine, reckless, and provocative threat to world peace and to stable relations between our two nations.

He basically said that the people of Cuba should continue to wait for their freedom so they can be classified as part of the free country. They have been ruled by men who aren’t even Cuban and it shouldn’t be like that. Cuba should be ruled by Cubans.
 * 4. What special message did the president give to the “captive” people of Cuba?**

The intent of this message was to tell the American people to be patient and not to live in fear. Also to show what his actions against the crisis are. Truman also addresses the Cuban people to also reassure them that they are not forgotten and that we are one day going to embrace them as a free country and not under totalitarian rule.
 * 5. What do you think was the intent of this message?**

[|Fidel castro Notes] Vietnam War

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 * Languages spoken Lao, French, English
 * Ran by Choummial Saignason
 * Had a secret war
 * Allies are Vietnam, China, Thailand
 * 3,100 dollars per capital income
 * Major exports are Garments, wooden products, coffee
 * We're in southeast asia
 * We had a "Secret War"
 * Had 71% literacy rate
 * Allies are Vietnam, China, Thailand
 * Were bombed during Vietnam war
 * Our military is not very strong
 * Only have one good army and they are the LPA
 * Major imports are Machinery, imports, vehicles, fuels, consumer goods
 * Major trade partners are Vietnam, Thailand and China
 * GNP (Gross National Product) 18.14 Billion dollars
 * Neighboring countries Burma, Cambodia, China, Thailand, Vietnam
 * Laos had been a French colony since 1893
 * During the 1930s and World War II, an independence movement began to grow in the small nation, as did a communist movement known as the Pathet Lao.
 * Laos was granted independence in 1949
 * The Pathet Lao began a civil war against the pro-French Laotian government. In 1954
 * The United States bombed parts of Laos for nearly a decade, until a ceasefire agreement was reached in 1973
 *  The most heavily bombed country per capita in history. The bombings were part of the U.S. Secret War in Laos to support the Royal Lao

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