Drawing the line with the past : Munich's influence on American foreign policy in the Korean and Gulf crises.

• Main Author: Foo, Kenneth Kwee Pinh.
• Other Authors: Goh, Evelyn Chui Ling
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14447
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Present Harry Truman relied heavily on lessons of the past when he resolved to “draw the line in Korea” in 1950. Four decades later, President George Bush resorted to history on deciding to “ draw the line in the sand”. What stood out was their use of the Munich analogy. Did the presidents, at oppos...