To win.
An irrelevant name during the cold war.
Douglas McArthur
To stop the spread of communism.
To starve the South, before attacking its weakened forces.
defeat the confederate forces and re-unite the union
Dwight D. Eisenhower .
To re-unite with the Republic of South Vietnam by conquest.
To counter the Soviet's Warsaw Pact forces in Europe. WP was their NATO.
The Korean War was the first "hot" battle of the COLD WAR. Communists verses the Free World Forces.
to build up americas armed forces (novanet) have a phatty d
Japan was not neutral during the Cold War. It served as a staging base for U.S. forces during the Korean War and still has several U.S. Naval and air bases. Further, Japan has a defense treaty with the United States.