Dr Tim Barnard

A/P  Ian Gordon

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FILM AND HISTORY

Lecture 12

It’s a Conspiracy

 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

 

I.     Introduction

 

II.    Korean War

  • MacArthur

  • Inchon Landing Sept 15, 1950

  • Chinese enter War April 22, 1950

    • July 27, 1953
      The United States, North Korea and China sign an armistice, which ends the war but fails to bring about a permanent peace. To date, the Republic of Korea (South) and Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (North) have not signed a peace treaty. North and South Korea did sign a non-aggression treaty in 1991.
       

  • III.  Cold War

     

    IV. McCarthyism

     

    V. What to Look For