How successfully did the US contain communism in Korea

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  1. Trumans’s use of the UN was effective, the US was actively involved in the UN and took action when aggressive actions occurred

  2. the aim of the US policy of containment was to ‘contain’ communism, The USA had achieved this by keeping SK capitalist

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  1. The border between N and S Korea was basically the sane as it had been before war had started

  2. high casualties- 1.4 million killed, 500,000 SK Civillians killed, 30,000 US soldiers, 70,000 SK soldiers

  3. showed tensions between US leaders and between hardline anti- communists (MacArthur) who wanted to go beyond containment vs more moderate leaders who didn’t think it was worth the risk

  4. NK developed into a hardline communist dictatorship with nuclear power, had support of China and threatened the Us allies Japan and SK

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