The+Korean+War



__**The Korean War (1950-53)**__ The Korean War is a very significant event for several reasons. One, as most of you that live in Korea are all to familiar, is that the war never ended in a peace treaty, but in an armistice agreement. Essentially, both sides stopped fighting. Another is that this was the first police or peace making mission of the United Nations. It is also the first time major conflict of the Cold War. For this reason, the United States contributed the lion's share of the troops fighting under the UN banner. Indeed, many would contend that the US was using the United Nations as a tool to ensure its newly created policy of 'containment'. As shown, the Korean War is one steeped in controversy and wonder. Notes for the Korean War:

__**Links to Korean War**__ Extremely disturbing images from [|North Korean propaganda posters] portraying war crimes committed by the US Military. The [|Cold War/The Korean War] A lecture by Bruce Cumings [|American Involvement in the Cheju Massacre]

__**Reading and assignment**__ Read pp. 376-387 of //Pacific Century.//
 * First Reading Assignment: [[file:Korean War 1.pages]]**
 * Second Reading Assignment: [[file:Korean War 2.pages]]**

__**Oral History of the Korean War**__ **__Assignment__** For this assignment you will be interviewing a person that lived through the Korean War. A big thanks to Mr. James Brightman for this assignment. Please go to the link Oral History of the Korean War.

For those of you that are interested in one of the lasting legacies of the Korean War, consider the welfare of North Koreans. Those who are least able to forge for their own health, children, are subject to the worst level of poverty. Orphans starve in North Korea. Now with South Korea's announcement of a trade embargo against the North (May, 2010) further privations are likely to occur. [|Watch Children of the Secret State]