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The United States was consumed by the "domino" theory,
美國相信多米諾理論
which held that the fall of one country to Communism would lead inevitably to the fall of the neighboring country.
即如果一個國家陷入了共產主義那么不可避免地，其鄰國也會陷入共產主義
The Communists for their part were afraid of precisely the same phenomenon.
而共產黨也開始擔憂同樣的現象會發生
Both side billed the Cold War as a struggle between good and evil;
雙方都認為冷戰是正與邪之間的一場較量
both Americans and Soviets who were considered "soft on the enemy" were driven in shame from public life.
美國和蘇聯如果有人被認為對敵人心慈手軟，就會為公眾所孤立
The first and greatest of these proxy wars was the Korean War, which still officially continues to this day.
這些代理人戰爭中的第一場就是朝鮮戰爭，到如今也仍然在持續
Shocked by the North Korean invasion on June 25, 1950, South Korean forces were driven nearly completely from the Korean peninsula.
1950年6月25日，北朝鮮突襲南朝鮮，南朝鮮勢力幾乎被逐出朝鮮半島
Instead of asking Congress for a declaration of war on North Korea,
杜魯門總統沒有請求國會向北朝鮮宣戰
President Harry Truman decided to practice containment he would "contain" the Red offensive by setting up a United Nations peacekeeping force.
而是決定采取遏制政策，通過派出聯合國維和部隊遏制住中國的進攻
By fall, United Nations forces, mostly American drove the North Koreans almost all the way back to the Red Chinese border.
秋天，多是美國兵的聯合國維和部隊將北朝鮮部隊一路逼回了中國邊境
Frightened by the presence of Western troops on their border, Red China entered the Korean War in October 1950.
擔心西方部隊會進入中國邊境，中國在1950年10月加入了朝鮮戰爭
