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Editorial World War ii taught the American people and their leaders the indelible lesson never to appease an aggressor. The expansionist behavior of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan convinced them that doing so would not end, but only encourage aggression. Moreover, rather than averting conflict, appeasement assured the outbreak of a war that would be much more difficult to win. After World War ii, this conviction often caused the United States to take immediate action against nations it determined had committed acts of aggression. For example, in June 1950, the Truman administration sent troops to prevent North Korea from conquering South Korea, fighting a brutal war over three years that only restored the prewar status quo. In March 1965, the Johnson administration deployed U.S. troops in Vietnam to defeat the alleged aggressors threatening South Vietnam, but despite an enormous commitment of military power, the Communists united the country in 1975. In August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait and President George H. W. Bush, equating this with Hitlerite aggression, mobilized a multinational force that crushed the aggressor and liberated Kuwait in February 1991. Yet Saddam Hussein remained in power, until a U.S. invasion in March 2003 led to his ouster http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of American-East Asian Relations Brill

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Brill
Copyright
Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1058-3947
eISSN
1876-5610
DOI
10.1163/18765610-30010001
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Abstract

World War ii taught the American people and their leaders the indelible lesson never to appease an aggressor. The expansionist behavior of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan convinced them that doing so would not end, but only encourage aggression. Moreover, rather than averting conflict, appeasement assured the outbreak of a war that would be much more difficult to win. After World War ii, this conviction often caused the United States to take immediate action against nations it determined had committed acts of aggression. For example, in June 1950, the Truman administration sent troops to prevent North Korea from conquering South Korea, fighting a brutal war over three years that only restored the prewar status quo. In March 1965, the Johnson administration deployed U.S. troops in Vietnam to defeat the alleged aggressors threatening South Vietnam, but despite an enormous commitment of military power, the Communists united the country in 1975. In August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait and President George H. W. Bush, equating this with Hitlerite aggression, mobilized a multinational force that crushed the aggressor and liberated Kuwait in February 1991. Yet Saddam Hussein remained in power, until a U.S. invasion in March 2003 led to his ouster

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Journal of American-East Asian RelationsBrill

Published: Mar 29, 2023

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