U.S. Chemical Policy Document Collection (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Tao Wenzhao
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The first volume primarily covers the year and a half from winter 1948 to June 1950 during the Korean War. During this period, U.S. decision-makers grew desperate about the Chiang Kai-shek regime and began seeking an exit from the Chinese Civil War. Regarding the Communist Party of China (CPC), the U.S. applied pressure from political, economic, and other aspects, trying to increase the difficulties of the CPC's governance. At the same time, it hoped to insert itself between China and the Soviet Union, hoping that the CPC regime would become a second Yugoslavia. The characteristic of U.S. China policy during this period was "waiting for the dust to settle." The second volume primarily covers the period after the outbreak of the war, when the U.S. used the banner of the United Nations to transform a civil war into a military confrontation between the Eastern and Western blocs, thus placing China and the U.S. in an adversarial and isolated relationship. It reveals the inner workings of U.S. China policy decision-making.