Korean War - Outcomes for US
- Created by: Alasdair
- Created on: 04-04-17 20:36
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- Outcomes of KW for US
- 30,000 US troops died
- Foreign Policy - Containment worked
- Went to war to restore status quo and succeeded
- US shows itself to be willing and able to stop Comm.
- Helped US prestige and credibility
- US failed in attempt to reunify Korea
- CW turning point
- Focus of CW shifts from Europe to Asia - this makes USSR more secure in Europe
- It poisoned Sino-US relations
- US democratic but now associated with undemocratic regimes (Taiwan and SK)
- Escalated
- Escalated Soviet/USA Arms Race. US defence budget quadruples 1950-53 to speed up hydrogen bomb programme
- Inspired US to strengthen NATO + re-militarise W Gr
- Transformed Jp/Gr relations - both become close US allies
- Main Legacy - US foreign policy from now on global intervention. Price = death, destruction, damage, e.g. Vt.
- US domestic policy
- McCarthyism encouraged, free speech affected, left wingers persecuted
- It costs US $67b in KW + cost of rebuilding Korea and an increase in defence budget - boosted GNP, and generated inflation in US
- Damaged Truman's presidency
- Became known as Truman's war as he had failed to get Congressional declaration of War - Truman blamed
- 1952 he didn't stand for re-election. Eisenhower won it was felt he would achieve peace as his sn was fighting there.
- Hastened desegregation in US army 1948 - Truman
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