Word: fairbank
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John K. Fairbank '29, professor of History and specialist on the Far East, agreed that the present campaign is coating too much and is not worth the price. If we were pushed out, however, we would not loose as much "face" in Asia as if we merely withdrew, he said...
Should we leave Korea, for one reason or another, continued Fairbank, concentration of military strength in Western Europe must be increased. In addition, a program of political and social aid to Asia must be begun on a scale far larger than that provided by the U.N.E.S.C.O...
...hurt the war potential of China." added Fairbank, "because it's not concentrated. The massacre of the people that would ensue would be called 'victimizing the Chinese' by the people of Asia, and would hurt our reputation seriously...
...meantime, the most important project of the United States should be a thorough study of Communist instigated revolutions, Fairbank stated...
...Fairbank, however, said he didn't "see anything to be gained by limited war," such as air attacks, because Chinese resources are too spread out to be effectively reduced...