US Involvement In The Korean War

The Korean War is a unique war in the history of the world and it has been going on for over 60 years and was never resolved. Technically the U.S is still at war with North Korea. This unsettled conflict between a communist nation, North Korea, and a democratic nation, the U.S., could ultimately lead to World War 3. Most of the people do not know why the United States got involved in the Korean War in the first place. Even though the Korean war stopped the spread of communism in the 1950s, which was the United States’ main foreign goal, the conflict between communism and the West has raged on. Through the Korean war, the United States definitely got closer with South Korea and Asia, allowing the U.S. to develop a better relationship with South Korea. Americans had just finished World War

Also, president Truman did not favor participating in the Korean War which could lead to World War 3 between communism and democracy, especially against the Soviet Union, the strongest communist nation at that time, which was also involved in the conflict. What made president Truman change his mind and intervene in the Korean War? The spread of communism in Eastern European countries made president Truman instill his policy, the containment of Communism, in earnest. Later when China became communist, Americans feared the spread of communism and worried that communism would spread out into the United States. These concerns led the American citizens to blame Truman for this possible encroachment. After North Korea attacked South Korea Truman urged the American public to utilize U.S forces to go after, and dispose of, the threat of a communist South Korea, not only for containment but to appease his reputation. Truman’s containment led to the U.S involvement in the Korean War, making Truman’s reputation better, but this extension of containment could lead another war with North Korea in the