A Brief Comment on US Policy Toward China in the Mid-1960s

60年代中期的美国对华政策一直存在着深刻的内在矛盾。这种内在矛盾表现在一方面美国将中国视为最危险的敌人和最直接的威胁。另一方面美国朝野逐步认识到,中国的国际地位日益提高,美国企图长期孤立中国既不合情理,也做不到。美国处理对华关系中的这种内在矛盾到六十年代中后期已经无法再协调下去了。与美国对华政策陷入山穷水尽的同时,美国对华舆论已经酝酿出对华政策将要进行调整的内在逻辑和方向。

The Formation of the U.S. Policy of Localized War in the Korean War

U.S. military policy underwent complex changes in the course of the Korean War. The initial military objective was to restore the status quo on the Korean peninsula prior to the outbreak of the war on 25 June 1950. In late September, however, following a flurry of military victories, it was decided tou nify the Peninsula by military means.