"Since 1953 there has been an uneasy coexistence between North and South Korea, which hosts over 20,000 American troops. At one time hundreds of American nuclear weapons were based there. “It was from the Korean War onward that we had a permanent, global American military presence that we had never had before,” Professor Armstrong said. Other countries that host American troops include Qatar, Japan, Italy and Germany. “It was a real turning point for America’s global role.” In the decades after the war, South Korea transformed into an economic powerhouse. Professor Cumings said many of its citizens now know little about the conflict and have “a fatalistic orientation” toward the economically isolated North. Meanwhile, North Korea became “the world’s most amazing garrison state with the fourth largest army in the world.” “Its generals are still fighting the war,” Professor Cumings said. “For them it has never ended.”"
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Liam Stack, “Korean War, a ‘Forgotten’ Conflict That Shaped the Modern World”, The New York Times, (Jan. 1, 2018)
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