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Course of Our Times, The; China Goes Communist

Part of Stories of East and South East Asia.

Series

Course of Our Times, The

Program

China Goes Communist

Program Number

34

Series Description

Historical survey hosted by Abram Sachar, Brandeis University. Series release date: 1973

Program Description

China after world War II went through one of the momentous transformations in modern history involving hundreds of millions of people, a fifth of the human race. Under the leadership of a guerilla genius, Mao Tse-Tung, a backward, peasant, warlord-ridden society became a military and economic giant, challenging in strength and potential the American and Russian power structures. The Chinese Revolution, under Mao, represented the greatest diplomatic disaster in American history. For China had been an American prot g up to World War II. It was a fixed point in American diplomacy to build it as an Asian bastion, to protect it from the encroachments of Japan and the Soviets. But China went Communist, and the United States not only lost its most valuable ally in Asia, but was confronted thereafter with implacable enemy.

Duration

00:30:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects

Politics and Government

Global Affairs

Genres

Educational

Topics

History

Creators

Sachar, Abram (Host)

MacLeod, Margaret (Producer)

Livingston, Claude (Director)

Publication Information

WGBH Educational Foundation

Citation

Chicago: “Course of Our Times, The; China Goes Communist,” GBH Archives, accessed November 23, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D89024DD772F4DCCAE06D532F1A5772B.

MLA: “Course of Our Times, The; China Goes Communist.” GBH Archives. Web. November 23, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D89024DD772F4DCCAE06D532F1A5772B>.

APA: Course of Our Times, The; China Goes Communist. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D89024DD772F4DCCAE06D532F1A5772B