US intervention in Korea
Brief points on the defensive perimeter, Acheson's Press club speech, red scare, ''the loss of China'' McCarthyism
- Created by: laurafoord97
- Created on: 23-02-14 14:05
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- USA's intervention
- ''Loss of China''
- Truman was blamed for losing China in 1949 when it turned into a communist state
- Mounting hysteria in 1950s America
- Failure of US policy led to a large communist state in Asia
- Communism could now easily spread into neighbouring Indochina and Korea
- Truman was blamed for losing China in 1949 when it turned into a communist state
- Defense perimeter?
- It excluded Korea
- However, the attack on South Korea was a breach of the US-Soviet agreement of 1945
- Acheson said that the UN had an obligation to defend sovereign states and implied that the US would support it
- It excluded Korea
- Red scare
- Soviet penetration of the USA of secret intelligence and police agents
- Who would report back to the Red Army
- Stalin new more about the building of the first atomic bomb than Truman at the time
- Who would report back to the Red Army
- Between 1945 and 1950, most Soviet agents had been rounded up by the FBI
- Truman's government had tightened up with increased loyalty tests
- Soviet penetration of the USA of secret intelligence and police agents
- McCarthyism
- McCarthy claimed that he knew 205 communists in the State Department
- The public began to take notice and the smears started to have an effect
- Fellow Republicans began to lend support to McCarthy's campaign
- Acheson's Press club speech
- Explained the Pacific defense perimiter
- It could be argued that this gave the North the green light to invade the South
- Explained the Pacific defense perimiter
- ''Loss of China''
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