Red Star Over China
The Western powers, in self-interest, were hoping for a miracle in China. They dreamed of a new birth of nationalism that would keep Japan so bogged down that she would never be able to turn upon the Western colonies—her true objective. "Red Star Over China" tended to show that the Chinese Communists could indeed provide that "nationalist" leadership needed for effective anti-Japanese resistance. How dramatically the United States' policy-making attitudes have altered since then [...]