CHINA POLICY AND PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS, 1952

In: Presidential studies quarterly, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 79-90

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE POLITICIZING OF U.S. CHINA POLICY, AS IT EVOLVED FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN OF 1952. LEADERS AND THE PUBLIC WERE AMBIVALENT: THEY FELT STRONG RESENTMENT AND FEAR OF THE COMMUNISTS, AT THE SAME TIME REJECTED THE POSSIBILITY OF WAR. THE PROPOSED POLICIES OF EISENHOWER AND STEVENSON ARE ANALYZED.