HIST 92 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Marshall Plan, Power Vacuum, Lung Cancer
12 Dec 2018
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: after ww2, bipolar war (communist vs capitalist or ussr vs usa) used to be believed a monolithic. Western europe rebuilding george marshall for marshall plan were given aid for europeans. Little to no aid given for asians, only food and medicine. Containment policy: president truman wanted to prevent communist expansion into other countries. Un made in sf, held in ny and geneva. If you had knowledge of east asia, you were targeted as a communist. July 4th, 1946 easy independence for philippines. Japs in korea were repatriated to japan. Great britain, usa, and ussr wanted a notion of trusteeship for koreans to not rule themselves. Un called for elections in the south. 1948: 38th parallel becomes an official border. Kim il sung, democratic republic of korea, invaded rok to unite korea. Ccp believed kim could be successful because. Pusan perimeter--small patch of land--against pressing communist. President truman said not to pass the 38th parallel.
