The Extreme Funding of the United States to Form a Stable Nation of South Korea to Oppose Communism in North East Asia — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

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The Extreme Funding of the United States to Form a Stable Nation of South Korea to Oppose Communism in North East Asia

Name: Adam Szalacinski
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Greenfield, WI
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Type of research: Course Project

Abstract

Between 1953 and 1960 the United States extensively funded South Korea, which may seem odd given the number of other young nations that could have benefited from U.S. aid. With U.S. involvement in the Middle East, nation-building has once again become a hot topic. This paper looks at the origins of nation-building in the beginning of the Cold War. We utilize existing research and newspapers from the mid 1950’s from Korea at the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago to obtain our data. The data suggests that the amount of funds contributed by the United States continually increased. We investigate the phenomenon, particularly questioning why so much money was invested in the new nation of South Korea?

We discover the part of the rationale in a complex web of Cold War battles demonstrating superiority, or the perception of superiority, between the United States and communist nations. The United States believed that if they did not insure the success of South Korea, communism would have won another show of power, leading to the need to display democratic dominance in Korea.

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