CAS HI 338 Lecture : 6 - The Korean War
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Congress attempt to calm the public (with little success: alsop brothers: a great many people may console themselves that perhaps the kremlin chrishes no aggressive intentions. But really moonstruck powers of self-delusion are needed to believe that if the soviet. Union achieves superior military power this power will not be used for all it is worth. People"s republic of china, thereby keeping it out of the u. n. the soviets were subsequently outraged and boycotted the security. Council: marshall, acheson; kenan, nitze i. in early 1949, dean acheson replaced george marshall as. Secretary of state; in the aftermath of the soviet bomb test and the fall of china, paul nitze replaced george kennan as head of the. The american response to the korean war a. June 24th, 1950: north korean forces cross the border into south korea and launch a full scale war i. the go-ahead had been given by the soviet union & communist.