US containment in action in Asia Flashcards
When does the USSR attain the atomic bomb?
August 1949
When does Truman approves NSC-68 recommendations?
September 1949
When does Dean Acheson suggest the defensive perimeter?
January 1950
What mistake does Dean Acheson make in his defensive perimeter speech?
He leaves South Korea out of the defensive perimeter
What was the result of Dean Acheson’s mistake?
The Soviets believe that the US has no interest in South Korea
When is NSC-68 is presented?
April 1950
When does China form a military alliance with the USSR?
February 1950
When does America lose ‘our China’/China falls to communism (The People’s Republic of China)?
October 1949
When does China join North Korea in its war against South Korea?
November 1950
Why does China join North Korea in its war against South Korea?
Mao was initially reluctant in joining the Korean war, however, his hand is forced when the
UnitedNations forces moved toward the Yalu River, marking the North Korean border with Manchuria in spite of warnings issued by the Chinese Government
When is the San Francisco Peace Treaty between the USA and Japan signed?
September 1951
When does Eisenhower become US President?
January 1953
Why doesn’t Truman run for president during the November 1952 elections?
His political career is ruined by McCarthyism and the loss of the Korean War
Why was the USA interested in Japan?
Japan was the only industrialised country in Asia
