War

1. The Cold WarThe Cold War
and Koreaand Korea

2. WHAT IS COMMUNISM?WHAT IS COMMUNISM?

3. • Mao in 1949Mao in 1949
• Longtime American-Longtime American-
Chinese relationsChinese relations
betrayedbetrayed
• Failure ofFailure of
containmentcontainment
• ““Truman lost China!”Truman lost China!”
• PoliticalPolitical
repercussionsrepercussions
CHINA GOES COMMUNISTCHINA GOES COMMUNIST

4. SOVIET ATOMIC BOMBSOVIET ATOMIC BOMB
• September 1949September 1949
• Ends atomicEnds atomic
monopoly; surprisesmonopoly; surprises
AmericaAmerica
• Not expected for aNot expected for a
number of yearsnumber of years
• Adds to Cold WarAdds to Cold War
climate of fearclimate of fear
• SputnikSputnik: 1957: 1957

5. 2 KOREA’S2 KOREA’S
• After WW2 in 1948
• South Korea under
American patronage
• North Korea under
Soviet patronage
• N. Korean leader
Kim Il-Sung invaded
South Korea
Kim Il-Sung “Great Leader”
(1912-1994)

6. NORTH KOREANORTH KOREA
INVADES SOUTH KOREAINVADES SOUTH KOREA
• South Korea and
capitalist West
• North Korea and
communist East
• Invasion in August 1950
• United States
completely caught off
guard
• Korean peninsula
almost completely
overrun.
“roll back”
Communism with
atomic weapons

7. KOREAN WARKOREAN WAR
Containment PolicyContainment Policy
(1950-1953)(1950-1953)
The shifting front in Korean WarThe shifting front in Korean War
““limited” vs. “total” warlimited” vs. “total” war

8. KOREAN WAR: THEKOREAN WAR: THE
COSTCOST
53,629 U.S. dead; 164 million53,629 U.S. dead; 164 million
dollars.dollars.
3 million total dead: “The Forgotten3 million total dead: “The Forgotten

9. TOOLS OF STATETOOLS OF STATE
• Every house a
Radio
– Can’t be turned off,
nor stations
changed
• Prison Camps
• Chemical and
Biological weapons Kim Jong-IlKim Jong-Il
““Sun of theSun of the
Twenty-First Century”Twenty-First Century”

10. Korea TodayKorea Today
• Massively militarized
state
• One of the world’s
largest armies
• Famine and millions
of deaths
• Omnipresent Statues,
mass parades,
calisthenics displays
Kim Jong-Kim Jong-
unun