The Lost Chance in China and the Rise of Cold War Populism by... - 9781611865431

The Lost Chance in China and the Rise of Cold War PopulismAuthor(s): Stephen J. Hartnett\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Michigan State University Press, United States\nImprint: Michigan State University Press\nISBN-13: 9781611865431, 978-1611865431\nSynopsis\nThe Lost Chance in China and the Rise of Cold War Populism offers a rollicking retelling of the fate of Americas diplomats stationed in China during World War II and the start of the Chinese Civil War, documenting how their efforts to find peace in China clashed with the anti-Communist network of right-wing advocates known as the China Lobby. Fueled by Americas end-of-the-war fury over the loss of China to Mao and the Communists, the on-the-ground experts in Asia lost the public relations battle to Cold War populists, who pushed a toxic version of public anger that built the rhetorical foundation of McCarthyism. Hartnett diagnoses the moments political battles by mapping a series of interlocking dispositions, emotion-based react.