Today im going to talk about the korean war. Were going to cyprus civil military relations for the last time i met we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony in japan since 1910. During the second World War there was fighting in korea, the u. S. , and the soviet union joined the occupied korea. They agreed to divide korea. Not northern korea what we call today to North Korea was a very much communist influence. Southern influence, we now call South Korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the un they sponsored elections in south Korea And South koreans elected a democratic government. North korea however wanted to unite under its terms so it sent insurgents into South Korea to try to overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, on january 1950 the u. S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson had very significant air in a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions t
Korean war and general douglas Macarthurs Removal from command by Harry Truman. Hostilities in the korean war ended on july 27 covid 1953. Today im going to talk about the korean war. Were going to cyprus civil military relations for the last time i met we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony in japan since 1910. During the second World War there was fighting in korea, the u. S. , and the soviet union joined the occupied korea. They agreed to divide korea. Not northern korea what we call today to North Korea was a very much communist influence. Southern influence, we now call South Korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the un they sponsored elections in south Korea And South koreans elected a democratic government. North korea however wanted to unite under its terms so it sent insurgents into South Korea to try to overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, on janua
1960s era weve been trying to think about the Meaning And Reality of equality in the United States in the 60s era. Weve been pondering what democratic practice could and should look like in the United States. And then very much so and very pertinent to what were going to do today. What role the United States . Should play internationally what role should the United States play in a world . That was fast changing in the 1960s . So weve gotten to the point in this class where weve reached a point where President Johnson has decided by early 1965. To begin a forthright military intervention by the United States. In vietnam and the reasons have been fairly compellingly laid out by johnson between 1964 and 65 with the gulf of Tonkin Resolution. In 1964 the president made his case that there was aggression coming from North Vietnam pointed at the south. And pointed at the United States as well in the attack and us ships in international waters on that gulf of tonkin and remember its really i
War and thousand of civilian and military deaths, it is time for the afghan people to determine their own future. Joining us now are the Washington Post Correspondent ann guerin, and the Supreme Allied Commander at nato and retired admiral james stravidis, and now you are saying that the Biden Administration has met the objectives. The threat is no longer on the homeland, and so now is the withdrawal now within the strategic interests . I would argue that you can make a very strong case to remain at least in a limited form in order to ensure that there is not a reflash. Having said that, this is a tough call. The president has made a decision. What is important, geoff, what happens now, and what should we be doing. So ill say what happens now, potentially could be a meltdown. The wheels could come off of this thing, and 1 in 3 chance that it holds together, and the key is if the u. S. Is going to be willing to support the afghani forces in the over the horizon missions and if we do tha
Civil military relations. His class is about an hour. Today im going to talk about. The korean war and were going to talk a little bit about civil military relations. Last time we met we talked about. The cold war and the development of Containment Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony of japan since 1910 during the second World War there was fighting in in korea the us and the soviet union jointly occupied korea and they agreed to divide korea now northern. Korea that is what we call Today North Korea was very much communist influenced southern korea, which we now call South Korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the un they sponsored elections in South Korea and the South Koreans elected a democratic government. North korea, however, wanted to unite under its terms and so he sent insurgents into South Korea to try and overthrow that government and they fail to do so. Then in january of 1950 the us secretary of State Dean Atchison made a rea