Zusammenfassung der Ressource
How did the Cold War extend to the
Far East - essential knowledge
- US feeling superior over lifting of
Berlin Blockade (May 1949)
- Superpower competition increased by rapid Soviet
development of atomic bomb (August 1949)
- Spread of worldwide Communism apparent in
proclamation of PRC (Oct 1949)
- US felt guilty for not having supported
nationalists enough in China
- Domestic pressure in US to be seen as hard on
communism; McCarthyism (early 1950s)
- NSC68; Policy of Roll Back (1950)
- Korean War
- North Korea invaded the South (June 1950)
- US forces in Korea over 260,000
- By 1951 China forces in Korea 400,000
- No Soviet Troops
- Korean Armistice signed July 1953