Korea, the Untold Story of the WarA history of the Korean War makes use of recently declassified documents that provide a background for the decisions that affected the course of the war. |
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... Dean Acheson's confidence seemed to come by birthright . A graduate of Groton and Yale , a protégé of Justice Louis Brandeis , Acheson had an intellect almost stunning in its inten- sity . Fifty - seven years old in 1950 , he had served ...
... Dean Acheson's confidence seemed to come by birthright . A graduate of Groton and Yale , a protégé of Justice Louis Brandeis , Acheson had an intellect almost stunning in its inten- sity . Fifty - seven years old in 1950 , he had served ...
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... Dean Acheson called the " virtual state of panic which seemed to exist among our friends " in the UN . Many were complaining , he said , that U.S. leadership had failed and that the " pres- ent difficulties are the fault of General ...
... Dean Acheson called the " virtual state of panic which seemed to exist among our friends " in the UN . Many were complaining , he said , that U.S. leadership had failed and that the " pres- ent difficulties are the fault of General ...
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... Acheson on the Stand When Secretary Dean Acheson appeared as a witness , the Republicans saw an opportunity to have profitable sport with the administration on the fall of Nationalist China . An unshaken GOP tenet was that Truman ...
... Acheson on the Stand When Secretary Dean Acheson appeared as a witness , the Republicans saw an opportunity to have profitable sport with the administration on the fall of Nationalist China . An unshaken GOP tenet was that Truman ...
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1st Marine 38th parallel Acheson action Almond Ambassador American armistice artillery asked attack battalion battle bomb Bradley cable cease-fire Chiang chief of staff China Chinese Communists CINCFE Collins Colonel combat commander Corps Dean Dean Acheson Dean Rusk December decision defense Department diplomatic Division Douglas MacArthur East Eighth Army Eisenhower enemy EUSAK fighting fire Formosa Hagaru HSTL Inchon Infantry intelligence invasion Japan Joint Chiefs July Kaesong Korea Korean War later Lieutenant MacAr MacArthur major Manchuria Marshall Matthew Ridgway Memorandum ment miles military move Muccio Nationalist negotiations NKPA North Korean November offensive officers operations peace political position POWs President Truman prisoners Pusan Pyongyang Regiment Rhee Rhee's Ridgway ROK Army Rusk Secretary Senator Seoul Smith soldiers South Soviet statement Syngman Rhee talks tanks tion Tofte Tokyo told troops Walker wanted Washington White House withdrawal Wonsan X Corps Yalu Yudam