Word: kaishek
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...think the article is the clearest, fairest and most balanced statement I have seen about Chiang Kaishek, and the cause that he represents, in any current publication. I lived in Nanking from 1932 to 1936 when I was on the faculty of the University of Nanking . . . I have a great admiration and respect for the Generalissimo, for his integrity, patriotism and courage . . . The decade from 1927 to 1937 was generally considered the best period in Chinese history from the standpoint of efficiency and integrity, and it was only the pressing necessity of battling with the Japanese that knocked awry...
...Robertson and Radford flew toward the Orient, speculation about their mission ran off on a wrong trail. Press wires around the world clacked out the rumor that Radford and Robertson, two old friends of Chiang Kaishek, had been assigned to give him the bad news that the U.S. would not help him defend the Matsus and Quemoy, and to urge that he get his troops off those islands. They had no such orders and no such intentions. But since Formosa did not know why they were coming, or even how long they planned to stay, the worldwide speculation bred bafflement...
...tardiness and timidity have been remarkable. "It has been the press and not the leaders of the Democratic Party who have drawn the attention of the country to the sloganeering of the Administration in the field of foreign policy: to the President's 'unleashing' of Chiang Kaishek, to Mr. Dulles' policies of 'massive retaliation,' 'liberation,' 'positive loyalty,' 'agonizing reappraisal' and 'united action.' It was the press that was pointing to the effects of Senator McCarthy's tactics on the Administration's authority . . . "Have Walter...
Does this mean that Chiang accepts-and would even wish to bring on-World War III? Today's world might not be prepared to accept Chiang's answer, for it runs counter to accepted habits of thought. His "counterattack" on the mainland, says Chiang Kaishek, will not bring on a general war: in fact, it is the only way World War III can be avoided, for so long as the mainland of China is in Communist hands, a third world war will always be possible and perhaps likely...
...1940s, General Joseph Stilwell (who wanted him to arm Communist troops to fight in Burma) and President Harry Truman (who insisted that he coalesce with what Secretary of State Byrnes termed "the so-called Communists"). While many bright young foxes were finding that the grapes were bitter, Chiang Kaishek, who himself has erred grievously in other things, both by omission and commission, clung to his hedgehog truth...