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COMMUNISM SPREADS IN EAST ASIA. Chapter 15 Section 3. Civil War 1946 to 1949 Nationalists receive U.S. support Communists supported by Soviets 1949 Communists won with support of the peasants Nationalists retreated to Taiwan.
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COMMUNISM SPREADS IN EAST ASIA Chapter 15 Section 3
Civil War 1946 to 1949 • Nationalists receive U.S. support • Communists supported by Soviets • 1949 Communists won with support of the peasants • Nationalists retreated to Taiwan
1953- Mao set out to rebuild China during “The Great Leap Forward” • Land redistribution • Forced collectivization of peasant lands-formation of communes
Failure • forced industrialization • lack of incentive • disregard of traditional social and economic structures
The 1966 Cultural Revolution • Mao-” learn revolution by making revolution” • Gang of Four • Anti-intellectual movement
1970s US policy of détente-a lessening of tensions • Richard Nixon • Ping pong diplomacy • Zhou Enlai
The Korean Conflict was a good example of the containment policy in action • 38th parallel • U.N. Action
Near Defeat • Last stand at Pusan • Inchon-scene of surprise attack by US forces led by Douglas Mac Arthur
Yalu River • Chinese cross with massive counterattack • MacArthur demands troops and atomic weapons
Conflict stagnates into stalemate • Truman rejects Mac Arthur’s demands/ dismisses the general • Cease-fire in 1953-38th parallel
Containment policy succeeds in preventing communist expansion