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Course of Our Times, The; China Goes Communist

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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 December 7, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D89024DD772F4DCCAE06D532F1A5772B.
MLA: “Course of Our Times, The; China Goes Communist.” GBH Archives. Web. December 7, 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
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