Table of Contents

Introduction The United States Begins to Meddle in China Hurley Arrives, Stilwell Departs The Dixie Mission Hurley Sees a Conspiracy An Illusion of Omnipotence Marshall, Apostle to the Chinese The Chinese Defeat Marshall The United States Cuts Its Losses The Reds Create a People's Republic The Quarantine of Taiwan The Korean War Transition to Communism in China Carthago delenda est Atomic War over Quemoy? The Great Leap and Quemoy Again The Famine Frontier Clashes The Cultural Revolution Nixon Breaks the Deadlock Selected Bibliography Index

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This book analyzes American intervention in China from World War II to the rapprochement Richard Nixon began in 1972.

About the Author

BEVIN ALEXANDER is an independent researcher and a professional historical writer. His earlier books include Korea: The First War We Lost (1986).