The Cold War in Asia: Crash Course US History #38

2013-11-15

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In which John Green teaches you about the Cold War as it unfolded in Asia. As John pointed out last week, the Cold War was occasionally hot, and a lot of that heat was generated in Asia. This is starting to sound weird with the hot/cold thing, so let's just say that the United States' struggle against communist expansion escalated to a full-blown, boots-on-the-ground war in Korea and Vietnam. In both of these cases, the United States sent soldiers to intervene in civil wars that it looked like communists might win. That's a bit of a simplification, but John will explain it all to you.

Hey teachers and students - Check out CommonLit's free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode. While The Vietnam War was happening very far away from home, it had a major impact on American soldiers and civilians: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/introduction-to-the-vietnam-war

Americans with televisions had the war broadcasted right into their living rooms, leading to an immense Vietnam War resistance effort: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/resistance-to-the-vietnam-war

Want to learn more about the Cold War? Check out these other videos from Crash Course:

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The Cold War: Crash Course US History #37:

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George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War: Crash Course US History #44:

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The Cold War and Consumerism: Crash Course Computer Science #24:

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Post-War Rebuilding and the Cold War: Crash Course European History #41:

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