Escalating into war between the United States and the soviet union. Thats where i think mao comes in and plays a role. So if the war goes badly for north korea, its going to be china, not the soviet union is directly in the firing line, which course is what happens in octobernovember. So china in that sense or deserves that function, helps to keep the war limited. We dont end up with a soviet us world war three, 1950 or 51. Lets our panelists. We spent some time talking this morning about the wars causes and about sort of how the three years that most americans think of when they think of the korean war fit into a longer and a broader history. For our second part, well try to focus in a little bit on how the war played out in the lives of the individuals that were affected by it. As war in south and north korea, it ravaged the homes of millions, sometimes more than once. And we were talking about the yo yo effect of the war means war moves through your home once and then then again. It
We spent some time talking this morning about the wars causes and about sort of how the three years that most americans think of when they think of the korean war fit into a longer and a broader history. For our second part, well try to focus in a little bit on how the war played out in the lives of the individuals that were affected by it. As war in south and north korea, it ravaged the homes of millions, sometimes more than once. And we were talking about the yo yo effect of the war means war moves through your home once and then then again. It drew 6 million military personnel, not only from both north and south korea, but also from china, the United States, the soviet union and other United Nations countries, including britain, canada, australia, france, the netherlands and many others. More than two and a half Million People lost their lives, and millions more found their lives forever changed by the war. So im honored to introduce four historians whose work centers, individuals i
Usually 2 to 3 times worse for their enemies who arent as well supplied, who arent well uniformed and and so, you know, its all at all in the like anything of this whole the point of this is all in the perspective. So i want to be mindful of our time. I really appreciate the way that weve sort of expanded and the lens here. So were focused in in the ways that the individual experience is so nuanced and complicated and affected by by so many decisions that other folks make. So thank you. Again, lets take our panelists. Weve called this years symposium korea the first forever war as a way to focus our attention, the wars lasting legacies. And so in our third and final panel of the day well think about the ways that the war continues to shape world geopolitics military thinking and families. And one of the things that people probably know about the korean war is that it never officially ended hostilities terminated and an armistice signed in 1953 by north korea. The states and china signi
Michael thank you very much, charles, for the kind introduction. I am pleased to be here at the Woodrow Wilson center as a fellow. It has been a great experience the last several weeks and i look forward to another bit of research and fellowship here at the center. The work i am going to talk about today is a work in progress. This will eventually be a booklength manuscript describing the korean war and how it is remembered primarily in the United States, but north and south korea and some of the other countries that were major participants in the korean war. I think this topic is important because it helps us understand the Current Situation in east asia. How those countries get along, what is behind some of the tensions that continue to exist. The memory of the war, the public memory has impacted american policymakers and political decisions. I think it is important to understand the memory of the war in order to understand ourselves as americans and as a society. At this point, i se
With more. Jacob. This is where Brown Deer Police responded to the shooting. Just after 10 oclock last night. The apartment complex is called algonquin manor. Describing itself as a Senior Living center. The 21 year old victim in this shooting, identified by his mother as Maddox Franklin junior, was visiting her here. She says another tenant committed the shooting, but doesnt know why it happened. Police say the victim and suspect did know each other but the victims mo this other tenant a man in his 60s approached her son with a weapon, said nothing, then shot Maddox Franklin junior in the abdomen. Brown deer police say that suspect who we are not identifying until he is formally charged was arrested without incident. The Milwaukee County District Attorneys Office is expected to review this case on thursday. One other thing the victims mother told me was that her 21yearold son was a soonto be father. And as we were talking she told me how bad be able to meet that child. Live in brown d