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The Korean War had an immediate impact on American Cold War policy. Fearing North Korea had launched a diversionary attack under Moscow’s orders, the US Seventh Fleet moved to prevent an invasion of Taiwan. This marked a greater commitment to Jiang’s regime that would cause trouble in the future (see Map 20).
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Swift, J. (2003). Korea — the UN intervenes. In: The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Cold War. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230001183_17
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