f involvement. They certainly did not want to become involved in direct conflict with the Soviets, but felt that this aggression must be met with opposition lest it repeat itself a number of times in other locations. The United States also feared that this might be a decoy, a ploy by the Soviets to pre-occupy the U.S. military with a war in Korea which would free them to manipulate other spheres of influence, and a possible invasion of Western Europe. That the Soviets wanted to control all of Europe was a prevailing fear at the time. What resulted, was a limited war, a new type of warfare for the United States who felt that they would have no trouble winning a war with a second rate communist army with an under-strength Army. This proved to be the case until at the end of 1950 Chinese forces crossed the Yalu and threw the war into uncertainty and eventually a draw. Weigley does well to discuss the problems with Gen. MacArthur, who put the United Stat

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