Output details
30 - History
University of Liverpool
Chapter title
Acheson, Truman und die Entscheidungen im Koreakrieg 1950
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
Hamburger Edition
Book title
Krisen im Kalten Krieg
ISBN of book
978-3936096958
Year of publication
2008
URL
-
Number of additional authors
-
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This chapter evaluates Secretary of State Dean Acheson’s role in the formulation and execution of three key decisions on Korea. First, the initial reaction to North Korean aggression. The Americans brought resolutions to the UN, and committed military aid to the South Koreans, but without a Congressional declaration of war. Matters of prestige, as well as the perceived lessons of appeasing Hitler, influenced Acheson and Truman. Secondly, crossing the 38th parallel and taking the war into North Korea. Thirdly, the response to the intervention of Chinese troops. Finally, the chapter charts the impact of these developments on later US policy.
