Chapter 15


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1 In the New Era in US foreign policy after World War II
The new US foreign policy stood on deterrence not noninvolvement & commercialism.
The new US military policy was a commitment to collective defense & non-nuclear deterrence rather than maritime security & wartime mobilization.
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2 In the US-USSR rivalry (Cold War)
They saw it as a clash of principles with national future tied either to capitalism or Communism.
Europe was the primary area of competition with USSR in eastern Europe & the US in western Europe.
The Truman Doctrine was used in Greece & Turkey & the Berlin Airlift & formation of NATO used in Germany.
The loss of China to Communism & guerrilla wars in French Indochina, Malaya, Borneo, & Burma alarmed the US.
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3 USAF military shortcomings in 1945-1950 included
In 1947 the US had no atomic bombs.
The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was very weak with only 30 trained crews in 1948.
In 1949 SAC improved under Curtis LeMay.
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4 US military rivalries included
The USAAF got autonomy as the USAF & wanted the primary defense role with the atomic bomb.
The USN fought the USAF primacy in the "Revolt of the Admirals."
In 1949 Congress gave the Secretary of Defense additional powers & added the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The armed forces became younger& less well educated and Truman desegregated the armed forces in 1948.
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5 The Korean War began when
The North Korean People's Army invaded South Korea in June 1950 with 11 divisions of 135,000 men against a small ROK Army.
The US policy was to mobilize the nation for war in Asia & rearm to deter another war in Europe.
ROK and US troops fell back to Pusan Perimeter.
Truman wanted to restore the pre-war border by negotiation or battlefield victory.
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6 Douglas MacArthur's role in the Korean War included
MacArthur wanted to make the war a show-down with Communism & saw little risk in extending the war to China.
MacArthur pulled off the Inchon invasion which liberated Seoul & captured a large part of the North Korean Army.
Truman & UN allowed MacArthur to cross the 38th parallel but in November 1950 260,000 Chinese troops attacked across the Yalu River.
MacArthur felt there was no substitute for victory & hinted at use of atomic weapons but Truman fired him for publicly disagreeing in letters to Republican Congressmen.
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7 Truman's Rearmament Program in 1951 included
Truman appointed George C. Marshall as Secretary of Defense.
Truman enlarged the military & called up the reserve & national guard & drafted 1,200,000 men.
Truman still saw SAC & the USAF as the principal instrument of both deterrence & general war offensive strength against the USSR.
The USAF expanded its role as the nation's first line of defense in 1951 with Air Defense Command.
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8 NATO became a formidable defensive alliance with all the following EXCEPT
The US Supreme Military Commander in Europe (SACEUR) was Dwight Eisenhower.
The US sent more forces to Europe & accelerated military assistance to NATO countries.
It developed a forward strategy for defense at the borders of divided Germany.
It created a West German Army of 12 divisions.
It recreated the Luftwaffe & armed it with atomic weapons.
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