What We Learned From the Korean War Sixty years after the signing of a truce, it's clear that this conflict set the pattern for multiple American wars to come. The Atlantic Monthly James Wright Jul 23 2013, 9:12 AM ET The demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas, in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul (Lee Jae Won/Reuters) This week marks an important anniversary. Si..