Taiwan strait crises and Chiang Kai-shek's strategic thinking : a perspective from the Taiwan's archive


Autoria(s): Matsumoto, Haruka
Data(s)

16/10/2014

16/10/2014

01/10/2014

Resumo

This paper uses Taiwan's archival documents to reexamine the two Taiwan Strait crises and the characteristics of Chiang Kai-shek's strategic thinking. Section 2 examines the oscillation of U.S. policy concerning the ROC's offensive toward mainland China and the defense of the Da-chen islands before and after the initiation of the First Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1954-1955. Doing so will highlight the contradictory U.S. attitude that contributed to the crisis and weakened its ability to control Chiang. Section 3 focuses on Chiang Kai-shek's strategic vision toward East Asia. In particular, this section focuses on his strategic thinking and tries to assess whether or not he was a "reckless" or "irrational" leader as often described in the previous research on his personality.

Identificador

IDE Discussion Paper. No. 481. 2014.10

http://hdl.handle.net/2344/1387

IDE Discussion Paper

481

Idioma(s)

en

eng

Publicador

Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO

日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所

Palavras-Chave #Taiwan #China #East Asia #United States #Foreign policy #Foreign relations #International conflicts #Archives #Chiang Kai-shek #Taiwan’s Archives #Taiwan Strait Crises #Quemoy #Da-chen #319 #AE East Asia 東アジア #AECC China 中国 #AECH Taiwan 台湾 #NNUS United States アメリカ合衆国 #F51 - International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions #N45 - Asia including Middle East #Z00 - General
Tipo

Working Paper

Technical Report