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Truman, Congress, and Korea - The Politics of America's First Undeclared War (Hardcover)
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Truman, Congress, and Korea - The Politics of America's First Undeclared War (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
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Three days after North Korean premier Kim Il Sung launched a
massive military invasion of South Korea on June 24, 1950,
President Harry S. Truman responded, dispatching air and naval
support to South Korea. Initially, Congress cheered his swift
action; but, when China entered the war to aid North Korea, the
president and many legislators became concerned that the conflict
would escalate into another world war, and the United States agreed
to a truce in 1953. The lack of a decisive victory caused the
Korean War to quickly recede from public attention. However, its
impact on subsequent American foreign policy was profound. In
Truman, Congress, and Korea: The Politics of America's First
Undeclared War, Larry Blomstedt provides the first in-depth
domestic political history of the conflict, from the initial
military mobilization, to Congress's failed attempts to broker a
cease-fire, to the political fallout in the 1952 election. During
the war, President Truman faced challenges from both Democratic and
Republican legislators, whose initial support quickly collapsed
into bitter and often public infighting. For his part, Truman
dedicated inadequate attention to relationships on Capitol Hill
early in his term and also declined to require a formal declaration
of war from Congress, advancing the shift toward greater executive
power in foreign policy. The Korean conflict ended the brief period
of bipartisanship in foreign policy that began during World War II.
It also introduced Americans to the concept of limited war, which
contrasted sharply with the practice of requiring unconditional
surrenders in previous conflicts. Blomstedt's study explores the
changes wrought during this critical period and the ways in which
the war influenced US international relations and military
interventions during the Cold War and beyond.
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