Tom the exterminator

[Brad DeLong]

>But Korea changed all that.  And Korea could have been greatly 
>limited in its impact had it none been for our sudden and capricious 
>commitment to
>defend Taiwan. 
>Michael
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>hi michael, been awhile, electoral college stuff last time as i recall...
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>re. korea, most significant factor was truman's decision to sustain 
>war, soviets proposed end in '51 on terms much like u.s. accepted 2 
>yrs later

Save for the return of North Korean prisoners of war back to North 
Korea whether they wanted it or not.

It seems likely that this was a point of honor for Truman and 
Acheson: they lost the 1952 election over it, after all...

Brad DeLong