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Considering that the US was still the only nuclear power at the time, what led to China's willingness to contribute men and materiel to North Korea during the Korean War? Were they never worried that men like MacArthur would get their way and launch a nuclear war in retaliation?

by /u/pretzelzetzel in /r/AskHistorians

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