1. Journal #2 April 9, 2008
What dangers to a free society are posed by the kind of tactics used by HUAC and by the creation of blacklists?
How well did the US respond to Cold War threats? Support your conclusion with three examples.

2. China Falls to Communism
China’s government VS Communist revolutionaries
Jiang Jieshi (JJ), leader of the Chinese nationalists, asked for more money from the Truman Doctrine, but US refused
Mao Zedong – Communist leader of China
Mao creates the People’s Republic of China
Jiang and his followers retreat to Taiwan and form the Republic of China

3. The Korean War

7. Background Soviet-occupied North vs. American-occupied South
June 1950, the Korean War broke out when North Korean troops went across 38th parallel (this separated the North from the South)
UN forces were called in to fight (Soviets were boycotting the UN so they couldn’t veto the action)

8. Douglas MacArthur Strong anti-Communist
Truman’s choice to lead UN forces in Korea
Many viewed him as too ambitious
He believed FDR and Truman were too soft on Communism
He wanted to use the atomic bomb in the war to defeat China, but was refused

9. MacArthur attacked enemy supply lines from the back
The North Koreans were then caught between UN forces in the north and south, and with their supplies cut-off, fled across the 38th parallel
UN troops pursued them northward
Chinese communists get scared when they hear that American and South Korean leaders talked about reuniting Korea under South Korean control
UN troops approach North Korea’s border with China

10. MacArthur ignored warnings by the Chinese
Chinese and North Koreans pushed UN forces back into South Korea
MacArthur wanted the Chinese opposition forces of Jiang Jieshi (JJ) to return to the mainland and attack the Chinese Communists
Truman refused this fearing that it would lead to war in Asia

11. MacArthur is so upset at Truman that he sends a letter to the House Minority Leader attacking the President’s policies
Truman found out about this and fired MacArthur for insubordination

12. With MacArthur gone, Truman was able to keep the war limited, but it still lasted into the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
A truce was signed in 1953, leaving Korea divided at almost the same place as before the war, near the 38th parallel

13. Effects of the War 54,000 Americans were killed and 103,000 wounded
Many began to question the government’s efforts to stop communism
On the positive, containment occurred without using nuclear warfare; US troops were now fully integrated
On the negative, returning troops were not well-received; huge increase in military spending; US accepted demands of permanent mobilization; military industrial complex began in which military is linked to the corporate and scientific communities
It was still a grim foreshadowing of the American public’s response to the encroaching Vietnam conflict