So it can be questioned that even if South Vietnam were able to protect itself than the USA would have still intervened to strengthen America’s global power suggesting Kennedy didn’t increase US involvement to protect the south but to benefit America’s position. The intensified efforts to establish an independent and united Vietnam was something that had not existed so prominently prior to Kennedy’s election which was why
Conflicting national interest caused relations between the two powers to deteriorate further, as shown in Russia’s decision to double its army along the Russian and Chinese border following the border disputes. Ideological differences however, were still a source of the conflict, as Mao was very critical of Khrushchev and his return to some capitalist ideas. This suggests that it is more likely that the Sino-Soviet split originate from a personal and mutual dislike between the two Communist leaders because of their difference in ideology. Therefore, although the Sino-Soviet split was not solely the result of ideological differences as national interests and the personalities of Mao and Khrushchev were also to blame, ideology was still a
The Incheon Landing was hugely significant, because it showed that even though General MacArthur faced many risks, due to the geographical nature of the task, by successfully reclaiming the area, he was able to show that US was indeed a powerful force in terms of its military feats. Another event that shows the US military success is when UN/US forces held the Chinese advances and prevented them from over-running the South. The significance of this is that through careful and tactical alliances, the US was able to prevent one of the main sources of threat from attacking ROK, and therefore, restricting the North from gaining control of the South. However,
The main reason for the USA’s military intervention in the Korean war was that of containment. The American aims was to work with its allies to contain the spread of soviet and communist Chinese power using political, economic and if necessary military pressures. Any failure of containment was potentially disastrous. According to the USA the loss of SK might well lead to a chain reaction leading to the loss of much of the rest of Asia, including Japan. This was called the domino theory.
They were defeated by Chinese ‘dragon’ attacks, which in December 1950 caused the most humiliating retreat in US history, totalling 300 miles. Additionally, the number of American casualties far outweighs the meagre accomplishments. 33,651 US servicemen were killed, and 103,284 were wounded. Therefore, the US clearly cannot be counted as a winner in the Korean War. Japan benefitted most from the conflict.
MacArthur does mention his own over confidence that led to him continually advance closer to the Yalu River provoking a large scale attack from the Chinese. The success of the Inchon landings marked a turning point in the war, the aim changed from containing communism to rolling it back it also marked a large boost in morale during the war. Although MacArthur was working from intelligence suggesting that neither the Chinese nor the Soviets would get involved, he should have been more careful to not provoke the Chinese and should have taken their first attack as a warning. MacArthur also mentions the new aim of Chinese at the end of the source, he claims that their ultimate goal was to completely destroy all UN forces in Korea which is quite accurate; the Chinese pushed US forces all the way back behind the 38th parallel and retook the capital city Seoul. These actions by without a doubt prolonged the war and caused the US to change its goal back to the original aim to maintain the 38th parallel, however was this due to MacArthur’s reckless actions or China’s
To better understand the relationship between these two countries, which continuous to puzzle, amaze, and confuse observers it is crucial that one first understand the basis for Chinese influence. China has not only become a very influential country not only in East Asia but in the world. A comprehensive understanding of the reasons behind its success will help analysts understand the roots and reasons behind its relations with North Korea and make it easy to predict the possibilities of their future association. The paper analyzes the development of the political relationship between the two countries from a historical comparative analysis, transitologist and political realist perspectives. The paper concludes that North Korea is becoming increasing dependent on china while china attempts to distance itself and endeavors to build closer relationships with South Korea.
It is a kind of dynamic and growing stability. Also, the economic stability is interacting with social and political stability. Additionally, if China is suffer from instable and chaos, there will be an excuse for the western countries to intervene China’s internal affairs. Both the political, social and economic factors can affect the order and stability. Politically, Chinese government recognized that the existing express channels for people are insufficient.
Discarding knowledge basically means that knowledge might be replaced by another. It could happen if there exist a new knowledge in which there are less counters and reasoning are more acceptable. Also, it could happen if old knowledge was proved to be away from truth, though, it might be hard to determine whether the “truth” is a real truth. Historians might have different opinions on knowledge about the same event based on their different nationalities, religions and even gender. Using the Long March as an example, elder Chinese historians mostly agree that the Long March is a demonstration of the success of the Chinese Army.
However, by looking back the history, we can make a responsible conclusion that the liberalization of speech can neither jeopardize the stability, nor undermine the nation. Instead, it helps to evolve nations into new stages where civilians’ free will is protected and democracy is finalized in the mainland of China. Indeed, speech as a way of expressing thoughts and views, when it carries out free thoughts, it also produces chaos. Especially when the conflicts of interest are confronted, people can hardly leverage between personal and public interests. Recalling to the Li Gang incident, a famous case across