The Korean War is often not focused on in American History. It is often overlooked since it lies in between two major conflicts; World War 2 and the Vietnam war. Historian Professor James H. Mills stated that the 1950-1953 conflict 'was a continuation of a civil war that began in 1945' and that 'a civil war was in progress before June 1950 when it was submerged in an international war'. he also stated 'Unrest existed in various parts of Korea and there was a danger of armed rebellion of the kind desired and encouraged by Kim Il Sung is his account of the impact of the 1948 elections. Here are the origins of the Korean war, the Korean people's dissatisfaction with the UN conducted elections, the failure of Syngman Rhee to allow democracy to run its course and the development of armed opposition in south Korea to the government of Rhee'. So he was stating that the Korean people were displeased with the U.N. conducted elections and they were planning on overthrowing the Government and the Koreans may have turned communist 'had the foreign powers not intervened it is probable that Korea would have developed into a radical state in 1945-6 and one which would have gravitated towards communism'
Historian and Korean War combat veteran T.R. Fehrenbach wrote you may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, pulverize it, and wipe it clean of life–but if you desire to defend it, protect it, and keep it for civilization, you must do this on the ground the way the Roman legions did, by putting your young men into the mud.’ He also states that the Korean War “was a civil war, a war fought primarily by Koreans from conflicting social systems, for Korean goals. It did not last three years, but had a beginning in 1932, and has never ended.”
Both of these historians, after looking back and studying the causes of the war, both seem to agree that the Korean War was a civil war and the U.S. should have stayed out of it because it was the Korean peoples choice for how their Government should be run, instead they had two superpowers, U.S. and Russia, playing tug of war with how the Korean Government should be run.
However, when the Korean War first happened most of the people supported the war since they thought it was to stop the spread of communism and it was our duty as a free country to help the people of Korea.
In schools the Korean War is often a glossed over unit. it is taught as the U.S. got involved to stop the spread of communism, but not much else is taught about it. even in textbooks, the war is given a short unit since the books focus on WW2 and Vietnam.
The Korean War is still relevant today because technically the war was never finished it was just paused by an Armistice. also over recent years tensions with North Korea have risen almost leading to another war a couple of times. These tensions have also influenced hollywood, the movie The Interview is a funny movie depicting an assassination attempt on Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea.
Historian and Korean War combat veteran T.R. Fehrenbach wrote you may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, pulverize it, and wipe it clean of life–but if you desire to defend it, protect it, and keep it for civilization, you must do this on the ground the way the Roman legions did, by putting your young men into the mud.’ He also states that the Korean War “was a civil war, a war fought primarily by Koreans from conflicting social systems, for Korean goals. It did not last three years, but had a beginning in 1932, and has never ended.”
Both of these historians, after looking back and studying the causes of the war, both seem to agree that the Korean War was a civil war and the U.S. should have stayed out of it because it was the Korean peoples choice for how their Government should be run, instead they had two superpowers, U.S. and Russia, playing tug of war with how the Korean Government should be run.
However, when the Korean War first happened most of the people supported the war since they thought it was to stop the spread of communism and it was our duty as a free country to help the people of Korea.
In schools the Korean War is often a glossed over unit. it is taught as the U.S. got involved to stop the spread of communism, but not much else is taught about it. even in textbooks, the war is given a short unit since the books focus on WW2 and Vietnam.
The Korean War is still relevant today because technically the war was never finished it was just paused by an Armistice. also over recent years tensions with North Korea have risen almost leading to another war a couple of times. These tensions have also influenced hollywood, the movie The Interview is a funny movie depicting an assassination attempt on Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea.