HIST2475 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Douglas Macarthur, Matthew Ridgway
Document Summary
Korean war made america decide to enter the war in vietnam. Us intervention in the korean war allowed south korea to remain a non- communist state. The korean war gave americans hope that they could do the same thing in. Truman was under pressure and on edge. Douglas macarthur even recommended the use of the atomic bomb on the. This caused a lot of problems and his party immediately went into damage control. The off-year elections showed that truman was not that popular. The atomic bomb was a consideration during the korean war. Charles ross, truman"s press secretary, had a massive heart attack and died. Paul hume"s review of his daughter"s performance was terrible and behind the 38th parallel moved back over 200 miles in just 1 month on december 5th, 1950 and truman was badly shaken this pissed off truman. Truman wrote a letter back to hume and it was incredibly blunt and distasteful.
