The CCPs Triumph

1
The CCPs Triumph The Road to Korean War

• The Birth of a New Regime and its Outlook in
  Foreign Relations

2
The Origins of Civil War

• The sudden end of the Pacific War due to the
  nuclear bombs,
• Stalins rush to occupy Manchuria North Korea
  the stage was set for cold war in Asia,
• Maos rush to a showdown with the GMD, with hope
  of Soviet support,
• Stalins telegrams sending Mao to Chongqing to
  negotiate the 10/10 Agreement on paper, the
  fight over Manchuria going on Why did Stalin
  want Mao to negotiate?

3
International Politics in East Asia

• Washingtons dilemma no one other than Jiang to
  support the Jiang-Stilwell conflict the Hurley
  Mission,
• From Hurley to Marshall Mission to avoid civil
  war in order to keep the Soviet out. A
  misunderstanding of the CCP-Moscow relations?
• Stalins distrust of Jiang, wanting to keep
  Manchuria Xinjiang in friendly hands,
• The CCPs changing policy from heading toward
  the south to the north to make Manchuria its
  fundamental basis,
• Military conflict in Manchuria CCP-USSR v.
  GMD-US,
• The failure of the Marshall mission and the
  full-scale civil war (mid-1946)
• What was the role of ideology in foreign policy?
  

4
The Failure of the GMD

• Military
• Jiangs initial strength, his elegance
  stubbornness,
• Maos strategy to avoid front warfare after his
  initial miscalculation the mobile warfare,
• Economy
• Corruption and mismanagement,
• Run-away inflation,
• Politics
• A police state, assassination of oppositions,
• The CCPs successful propaganda against GMD and
  its foreign master, the US,

5
The Establishment of the PRC

• 1948 the turning point in the civil war,
• May 1949 the fall of Nanjing and Shanghai,
• Maos reluctance to form a government and
  Stalins persuasion the Mikoyan mission,
• 10/1/1949 the Beijing government,
• Maos Soviet trip (Dec. to Feb.) and the
  Sino-Soviet military alliance,
• Its priority South China, Xinjiang, Taiwan,
  Tibet,

6
The Origins of the Korean War

• Kims encouraged by the CCP success Stalins
  holding back,
• Mao sending back armed Korean units, and Kims
  trip to Moscow and Beijing, SP 1950,
• the US containment policy Achesons remarks on
  US defense parameter in Asia,
• Kims attack and the US reaction pushing the
  North back,
• Washingtons dilemma total war v. limited war,
  McArthur v. Truman

7
Chinas Entry into the War

• Historiographical review Whitings China Cross
  the Yalu (1960), J. Chens Chinas Road to Korean
  War (1996) Why did China go to the war?
• CIAs assessment in 1950,
• My assessment at http//www.kimsoft.com/korea/cn-k
  orea.htm
• Maos domestic agenda during the wartime
  Suppressing Counter-revolutionaries Campaign, the
  Three-Anti Campaign, 10/1950-5/1952,
• The wars impact on Chinas politics within,