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Leaders and presidents -- Hail to the chief: FDR's leadership style -- The most important factor in the whole east": FDR's vision for Sino-US relations -- A vision without a plan: FDR's wartime China policies -- "The deckhand diplomat": Ambassador Gauss and General Stilwell in China -- Washington mandarins: FDR's personal representatives to China -- Rubberlegs, the peanut and the limeys: FDR's summit diplomacy -- The changing of the guard.

China played an important part in Franklin Roosevelt's vision for the post-World War II world. The president, however, lacked a clear and coherent plan of the tactics he should use to help turn his vision into a reality. The relationship between the U.S. ambassador in China, Clarence Gauss, and the U.S. commander of the China-Burma-India Theater, General Joseph Stilwell, provides an instructive case study of FDR's mismanagement of the relations between the War and State Departments over China. This article argues that the president's mismanagement resulted from the failure to develop a clear plan to bring about the conditions in China that would see his vision succeed.

This edited volume provides unique perspectives on US foreign policy from citizens of countries affected. This approach allows the voices of those less commonly heard to be presented as part of the broader debate about US democracy assistance policies around the globe. Contributions from experts in the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Eastern Europe are included to ensure the most pressing issues of international relations in our time are addressed

This edited volume provides unique perspectives on US foreign policy from citizens of countries affected. This approach allows the voices of those less commonly heard to be presented as part of the broader debate about US democracy assistance policies around the globe. Contributions from experts in the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Eastern Europe are included to ensure the most pressing issues of international relations in our time are addressed.