Korean War, Mon 1/30
by admin - January 28th, 2012
I think we’ll stick to our original reading schedule, despite having given McCarthy short shrift on Friday (I really enjoyed our productive discussion on the term limits amendment, and I’ve updated the “Day1” link on the Congress Wiki to show what we did).
So, Monday we’ll talk about American foreign policy in Asia in the late 1940s/early 1950s, including the Korean War and the glimmerings of the start of the conflict in Vietnam. Reading is MO 34-40 and 86-89. You may also want to explore some of these online resources – some are better than others, so depending on your level of knowledge and interest, take a look.
The official Korean War Memorial on the Mall in Washington DC frames the “Forgotten War” this way – is this a fair assessment, in your view?
Online Resources for the Korean War:
BBC-History Korean War Overview
US Navy History site on the Korean War
History.com Topics: Korean War
Korean War Sources from the Truman Presidential Library
Korean War Sources from the Eisenhower Presidential Library
“Between the Eternities” – a blog post about visiting the DMZ in October 2011
