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THE UNITED STATES AND THE FAR EAST, 1945-1951
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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
Addresses Upon the American Road 1948-1950
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Herbert Hoover's counsel to the nation in the past two years-his speeches, official letters, press statements, and published articles are now available in this single volume. The increasing import of his convictions upon domestic and foreign policies makes this book of timely and unusual significance. In his forty eight addresses upon the American road, Mr. Hoover covers a wide range of subjects:
ON REFORM OF GOVERNMENT
"The reform of government is . . . a bipartisan matter, It concerns all citizens of whatever party. In the conduct of their business affairs Americans are very strict with themselves to get the best they can for whatever they spend. Government is, of course, different from business; yet this commonsense attitude of demanding efficient management and efficient use of money is entirely applicable to its affairs. Indeed, if our freedom is to be preserved, this attitude is indispensable."
ON WORLD PEACE
How the United Nations may act for world peace is suggested in Mr. Hoover's dedicatory address at the William Allen White Memorial. The tragedy of the UN is that "it turned into an instrument to protect Red imperialism." He proposed that if the UN is to function in its task of promoting lasting peace "it must be reorganized re-organized without the Communists in it."
ON REARMAMENT
"The time has come," Mr. Hoover said on October I 9, 1950, "when the American people should speak out in much stronger tones than the diplomatic phrases of conference halls." He holds that the United States cannot long endure the tremendous economic drain of support to non-Communist Europe. "We need strong medicine in the shape of large and definite armies.
'What we want is a real peace. But if we cannot have that, at least we want an uneasy peace within the economic burdens which the United States can bear."
ON DISARMAMENT
Disarmament has been "the aspiration of all good men for generations," Mr. Hoover said on November I, 1 950, in response to an award for outstanding citizenship, but "disarmament flows from peace, not peace from disarmament.
". . . Nothing will stifle the Kremlin's aggressive ambitions except such organized military, economic, and moral force of all non-Communist nations as will confront the Politburo with the grim visage of defeat if they attack.
"However, the real solution of the world's greatest trouble would be for the Soviet Union to co-operate in promoting the welfare of mankind. They could join in a constructive peace with Germany, Austria, and Japan. Only by such a peace could steps be taken toward disarmament."
In his forty-eight ADDRESSES UPON THE AMERICAN ROAD, 1948-1950, Mr. Hoover speaks on an amazing range of subjects: the reorganization of government, world peace, rearmament and disarmament, "the miracle of America," federal aid to education, old-age assistance, responsible citizenship, how to save tax money, benevolent and youth organizations, advertising--and on football.
THE AUTHOR
Herbert Hoover, thirty-first President of the United States, has unsurpassed firsthand knowledge of world-wide economic and political problems. His many years of professional engineering service before the Presidency, his distinguished record as United States food administrator after World War I, and his extensive food surveys following World War I1 form a solid foundation of experience and service. A unique contribution has been his chairmanship of the First and Second Commissions on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government. He has received honorary degrees from eighty-one institutions in the United States and abroad. He is the founder of the Hoover Institute and Library on War, Revolution, and Peace at his alma mater, Stanford University.
This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original edition:
Title Addresses Upon the American Road, 1948-1950
Authors Herbert Hoover
Publisher Stanford University Press
ISBN 0804761841, 9780804761840
