Word: scalapino
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though he is against isolating Red China and in favor of universal membership in the U.N., the University of California's Robert A. Scalapino also rejected the arguments that the U.S. should not be fighting in Viet Nam. "By virtue of its strength and resources," he said, "the U.S. cannot escape from a powerful element of unilateralism, and I see no point in naively or romantically railing against this fact." Nonetheless, he urged the Administration to allow itself "a broad range of policy alternatives" in Southeast Asia. "If we continue to live by the all-or-nothing philosophy-either...