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==China==

==China==

===China===

===China===

In 1945-47 Marshall was sent to China to see what should be done to avert a civil war, with the long-term goal of establishing a stable, democratic China that was friendly to the U.S.  The mission failed because [[Mao Zedong]] believed America represented the capitalist enemy of Communism.<ref>He Di, "Mao Zedong and the Marshall Mission," in  Larry I. Bland, et al. eds. ''George C. Marshall's Mediation Mission to China, December 1945-January 1947.'' (1998).</ref> However, Marshall almost single-handedly kept the United States from actively intervening in in support of the wartime all, the Nationalist government under [[Chiang Kai-shek]]. Marshall's conclusion that the United States should stay out of the war went against the thinking of many American political and military leaders, the news media, and State Department officials.  But Marshall had concluded that it would be unwise for the U.S. to assume any responsibility for the dismal combat performance of Chiang's troops.  The Communists under [[Mao Zedong]] came to power in 1949, and China became a bitter enemy, going to war with the U.S. in Korea in 1950. The failure of Marshall's mission made him the target of intense Republican attacks, led by Senator [[Joe McCarthy]]. Republican newspapers attacked Marshall when he referred to the Chinese Communists as, "These fellows are just old-fashioned agrarian reformers."<ref>John T. Flynn,  ''While You Slept : Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It'', 1951, [http://www.mises.org/books/whileyouslept.pdf pg. 22]</ref>

In 1945-47 Marshall was sent to China to see what should be done to avert a civil war, with the long-term goal of establishing a stable, democratic China that was friendly to the U.S.  The mission failed because [[Mao Zedong]] believed America represented the capitalist enemy of Communism.<ref>He Di, "Mao Zedong and the Marshall Mission," in  Larry I. Bland, et al. eds. ''George C. Marshall's Mediation Mission to China, December 1945-January 1947.'' (1998).</ref> However, Marshall almost single-handedly kept the United States from actively intervening in in support of the wartime all, the Nationalist government under [[Chiang Kai-shek]]. Marshall's conclusion that the United States should stay out of the war went against the thinking of many American political and military leaders, the news media, and State Department officials.  But Marshall had concluded that it would be unwise for the U.S. to assume any responsibility for the dismal combat performance of Chiang's troops.  The Communists under [[Mao Zedong]] came to power in 1949, and China became a bitter enemy, going to war with the U.S. in Korea in 1950. The failure of Marshall's mission made him the target of intense Republican attacks, led by Senator [[Joe McCarthy]]. Republican newspapers attacked Marshall when he referred to the Chinese Communists as, "These fellows are just old-fashioned agrarian reformers."<ref>[[John T. Flynn]],  ''While You Slept : Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It'', 1951, [http://www.mises.org/books/whileyouslept.pdf pg. 22]</ref>

==Marshall Plan==

==Marshall Plan==