The Korean war was part of the cold war. The reason the Korean War broke out was because it was just another episode in the ongoing Cold War between the USA and the USSR. On the surface, the Korean War seemed to be a war between South Korea and North Korea, but really the superpowers were just using it as a front to combat each other without actually going into a ‘hot war’ which – as both had the atomic bomb – would have been MAD (mutually assured destruction). The reason the US got involved was just to try to undermine Communism. President Truman believed that capitalism, freedom and the American way of life were in danger of being overrun by Communism. The Truman Doctrine had been wanting to stop the Communists gaining any more territory. The American National Security Council issued a report recommending that America abandon 'containment' and start 'rolling back' Communism.This led Truman to consider driving the Communists out of North Korea. Finally, Truman realised the USA was in a competition for world domination with the USSR. By supporting South Korea, America was able to fight Communism without directly attacking Russia.
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