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1. It wasn't an extension.
2. The cold war wasn't a war. It was a tense arm's race in which each side "eyed" each other (didn't trust each other) and was waiting for the other to make a bad move (go for his gun-go for that nuclear button). Then the shooting would start (atomic war)...but it never did.
3. The Korean War was "a gunfight" during that "tense arm's race." A limited war in which no one dared to use a nuke and begin WWIII. Or MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction).
Really simply put: The Korean War was a hot battle of the cold war. So was Vietnam. Except they won that particular hot battle.
What else can I help you with?
What policy led to US involvement in the Korean conflict?
Part of the Cold War; communist containment.
What other superpower did the us have a conflict with during the cold war?
Communist China during the Korean War .
Are the Korean War and the Cold War the same?
No. The cold war was a longer-term conflict than the Korean War. The Cold War refers to long-term conflict and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. While the two superpowers did not typically engage in direct battles, there were a number of wars/armed conflicts where the two superpowers supported opposing sides. The Korean War is an example of one such conflict, where the Soviet Union supported North Korea and the United States supported South Korea.
What war was first the cold war or the Korean war?
The korean 'war', if officially considered a war, as opposed to a 'police action', would predate the vietnam war, which has also been referred to as a 'conflict'. Semantics aside, u.s. 'involvement' in korea predated u.s. 'involvement' in vietnam.
Did Mexico fight in the Korean war?
No. Such conflict was basically part of the Cold War between NATO forces on one side, and Chinese and Soviet forces on the other.
The ideological basis of the cold war was conflict between communism and?
capitalism
What policy led to US involvement in the Korean conflict?
Part of the Cold War; communist containment.
What was the first conflict in the cold war?
Korean War, was a proxy war.
Was Korean War part of the cold war?
Yes, it was the first military conflict of the Cold War.
The major Cold War conflict of the 1950s was the?
Korean War
What aspect of the Korean war indicates that it was part of the Cold War as well as a civil war?
The Korean War exemplified both a civil war and a Cold War conflict through its division along ideological lines, with North Korea supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Korea received backing from the United States and its allies. This external intervention highlighted the broader geopolitical struggle between communism and capitalism characteristic of the Cold War. Additionally, the war's origins in the Korean Peninsula's division after World War II reflected a civil conflict, as it involved a struggle between two factions vying for control over a unified Korea. This dual nature underscores how local tensions intertwined with global ideological battles.
In what ways did the Korean War mark turning point in the cold war?
The Korean War was an active conflict while the Cold War was more of a standoff between global powers
How were ideological differences a cause of the cold war?
Ideological differences did not cause the cold war. Nuclear Weapons caused the cold war.
Which one was not an issue with the communism Korean war the cold war or the war in Afghanistan?
Both the Korean War and the Cold War were at issue with Communist expansion. The only one not at issue with Communism is the Afghanistan conflict.
What other superpower did the us have a conflict with during the cold war?
Communist China during the Korean War .
Was the Korean war a turning point in the cold war why or why not?
The Korean War proved to the Communists that the US was willing to spill it's own blood to stop them.
Which American publicly called fire a nuclear attack on china as an extension of the Korean war?
Nationalist China was an ally during the cold war.
