KOREA
The Korean War had an important influence on American politics and culture-less as a force that produced radical de- partures than as a force that accelerated and heightened proc- esses already underway.
Both the New Deal and World War I1 unsettled traditional notions about the size and the character of American govern- ment. As a result, during the years following World War I1 American leaders were involved in negotiating a series of ar- rangements to reconcile competing claims to the...