1. American Goals in Korea US goals in Korea included:
See p in The Cold War and the Americas, V. Sanders for more detail.
US goals in Korea included:
The containment of Communism
The maintenance of a world balance of power between Liberal Democracy and Communism
To support the pro-Western regime in South Korea
The Truman Doctrine committed the US to intervention in the conflict
Anti-communist sentiment at home in the US e.g. McCarthyism
MSC-68 recommendations
Support for the goals of the UN
Fears for Japan