Strategies of Mao, Stalin, Truman in the Korean War From Odd Man Out and The Korean War

A. Analysis

The two sources, “ODD MAN OUT” and “The Korean War” are valuable to answer the research question as motives and strategies of Mao, Truman and Stalin are intelligibly delivered with delicate illustrations of the Korean War. The three leaders, Mao, Truman and Stalin had their own motivations, following the implement of the different strategies, influenced the Korea War as shown in Section B. Some inconsistent evidence in Section B is because of historians’ various perspectives and differed opinions on the Korean War. Therefore, in this section, determining diverse interpretations regarding the influence of interconnected motives and strategies in 1949 and 1950 is essential in identifying the result and in comparing the degree of each leader’s influences on the Korean War.

To begin with, Mao and Truman’s economic objective to have a financial trading treaty had failed as both American and Chinese historians Richard C. Thorton and Hao Yufan are consistently mentioned. As a Chinese historian Hao Yufan mentioned, Mao finally decided to maintain the relationship with USSR. Init...