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Peer reviewedPatterson, Amy; Schamel, Wynell; Potter Lee Ann – Social Education, 2000
Provides background information on the events that led up to President Harry S. Truman firing General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War. Includes a copy of the document dismissing MacArthur from his position. Includes teaching activities corresponding to this event in history. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Historical Interpretation, History Instruction
Download full textNational Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC. – 2002
After World War II the United States centered its foreign policy on the containment of communism, at home and abroad. Although it was aimed primarily at containing the spread of communism in Europe, the policy also extended to Asia. Asia proved to be the site of the first major battle waged in the name of containment: the Korean War. Dividing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Communism, Federal Government, Foreign Countries
