The Usas Support For Jiang Jieshi And Policy Towards China And Taiwan

Question 1

What was the Chinese civil war between?

Answer 1

The communists [ CCP] and the nationalists [KMT], Led by Mao Zedong and jiang jieshi

Question 2

What was maos real concern?

Answer 2

USA would suppprt an exiled jiang jieshi from Taiwan
Undermine his aim of ensuring a united and intact communist china so in June 1949, the ccp announced its allegiance to the ussr

Question 3

What was dean achesons white paper 1949?

Answer 3

Usas stategy towards china.
The USA would stay committed to supporting the kmt in Taiwan secretly so that the USA did not appear as ‘imperialist menance’ to china so that china did not become aggravated with him.
Justify its withdrawal from direct military support for Jiang jieshi bc china was beyond the control of the gov of the USA and Acheson did not want to reinforce a sino-soviet pact.

Question 4

What was the defensive perimeter strategy ?

Answer 4

Acheson suggested increasing the defence budget and building a defensive perimeter around the pacific areas to prevent the spread of communism, therefore , us bases were placed at Japan, the ryukyu islands and the Philippines.
But was criticised for omitting Korea

Question 5

What was the nsc-68?

Answer 5

Stressed the importance of building political, economic and military power of the USA bc the ussr had tested its own atomic bomb, china turned communist and the sino-soviet pact. Recognised that containment is not sufficient to deal with the communist threat.
The USA was no longer ahead in its nuclear monopoly.
The Korean civil war catalysed this into policy