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Though limited geographically to a small Asian peninsula and beginning as a struggle between armies of Koreans, the Korean War eventually exploded to include participants representing twenty different governments. The conflict resulted in terrible destruction to the Korean people and their property and failed to resolve the political division of the country – which was the very question the North Koreans intended to settle. 1 However, as miserable and horrifying as the Korean War turned out to be, it contributed significantly to the series of events that prevented a decisive clash between the superpowers – the United States and the Soviet Union. The Korean War served in many ways as a substitute ore escape from a Third World War. It turned out to be a turning point in history by its global impact on both the West and Soviet blocs. The war forged a new path in foreign defense policy for the United States, which resulted in transformation of N.A.T.O. (North Atlantic Treaty Origination) from a so-call “paper alliance into a powerful force”. 2 The Korean War was the staging ground for a new role of the United Nations not only as an agency of collective security against aggression but also as a channel of restraint on the US.