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

Matsumoto Haruka

No 481, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: 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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F51 N45 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-10-01
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