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THE UNITED STATES AND THE FAR EAST, 1945-1951
$14.56
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Europe-or Asia? This was the crux of the great debate on American foreign policy precipitated by General MacArthur's return to the United States in April 1951.
MacArthur raised the issue: should we sacrifice the European coalition and go it alone in the Far East?
In The United States and the Far East, 1945-1951, Harold M. Vinacke tells how this country became involved in the affairs of postwar Asia. He describes, too, the dilemma of American policy-makers in that area. Abroad, our Administration was suspected of seeking to overthrow the Communist regime in China and restore the Nationalist regime; at home, the Administration was charged with seeking to overthrow the Nationalists and deal with the Communists.
In this careful, balanced account Dr. Vinacke tells how the containment policy has been developed and applied in China, Japan, southeast Asia, India, and Korea. He shows the difficulties of fostering independence and economic betterment in Asian countries without courting the charge of imperialism.
He explains how Japan, rather than China, has become an anchor of our defense system, and discusses the risks of bringing into play the Sino-Russian alliance by attacking the Chinese Communists from bases in Japan.
This book was originally prepared as a data paper for the Eleventh International Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations, held in India in October, 1950. It has since been revised and a chapter has been added carrying the story through the summer of 1951 and discussing the issues raised by Communist China's intervention in the Korean war.
Neither a defense of the Administration's record nor an attack upon it, Dr. Vinacke's book is at once a concise account and a penetrating analysis of the main events and issues in our recent Far Eastern policy. It is published to help thoughtful citizens appraise grave issues which confront this country in its position of world leadership.
At the time of publication in 1951, Harold M. Vinacke, was Professor of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati, and one of America's leading authorities on the Far East and its relations with the United States. He taught at Nankai University, Tientsin, and during World War II he was a specialist on Japan for the Office of War Information. He is the author of A History of the Far East in Modern Times and other books.
This is a reproduction copy from a scanned original edition.
Title: THE UNITED STATES AND THE FAR EAST, 1945-1951
Author: Harold M. Vinacke
Publisher: Stanford University Press 1951
ISBN 080473528X
Warlord Politics in China, 1916-1928
$20.08
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The first comprehensive analytical treatment of warlordism in twentieth-century China, this book approaches regional militarism as a historic phenomenon of Chinese politics in the very complex and chaotic era of recent Chinese history.
After describing the emergence of militarist factions after the death of Yuan Shih-k’ai in 1916, the author analyzes their membership, recruiting capabilities, and sources of cohesion, the process presenting new information on their organization, methods of recruitment, quality of training, types of weapons, tactical and strategic concepts, and means of financing. On the strengths of this information, he offers a convincing explanation in balance-of-power terms for the baffling advances, retreats, clashes, and changes of allegiance that have puzzled students of the era.
His analysis makes clear how the leading warlords viewed the state, themselves, and each other. A concluding chapter presents an explanation based on systems theory for Kuomingtang’s triumph over the warlords who had sought to confine its domain to Kwang-tng.
The author has included as appendixes, the chronology of events and lists of national leaders and provincial military authorities from 1916 to 1928.
Hsi-sheng Ch’i is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina.
Introduction 1
militarists , warlord , China
The Emergence of the Military Factions 10
Hunan , Chihli , Chang Tso-lin
The Composition of the Military Factions 36
Chihli , Fengtien , Tuan Ch'i-jui
Recruitment 77
conscription , Kwangsi , Yunnan
Training 91
National Revolutionary Army , Yen Hsi-shan , Whampoa Academy
Weaponry and Tactics 116
Northern Expedition , China proper , Hanyang Arsenal
Economic Capabilities 150
opium , Chung Kuo , likin
Normative Aspects of Military Politics 179
Confucian , Manchu , southern militarists
The Chinese Political System 196
Northern Expedition , Chiang Kai-shek , Chekiang
Appendixes 241
A Political and Military Leaders 243
Yen Hui-ch'ing , President President , Pno Kuei-ch'ing
B Chronology 246
shih tzu , National Revolutionary Army , Jerome Ch'en
Bibliography 267
Index 277
Feng's , Sheridan , Feng
This is a reproduction edition from the following Stanford University Press scanned original:
Warlord politics in China, 1916-1928
By Hsi-sheng Chi
Published by Stanford University Press, 1976
ISBN 0804708940, 9780804708944
282 pages
